former name

C1289
concept

A former name is a previous designation or title by which an entity, such as a person, organization, or place, was once known before being officially changed.

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All labels observed (64)

Label Occurrences
historical city name 143
former place name 113
former name canonical 89

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former name
Generated description
A former name is a previous designation or title by which an entity, such as a person, organization, or place, was once known before being officially changed.

Instances (672)

Instance Via concept surface
Monmouth College —
Cambaluc historical city name
Cambalu historical city name
Keijō historical city name
Sverdlovsk former city name
Salopia historical name
Lomsia historical city name
Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya (historical designation context)
surface form: Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya
—
Fraustadt former place name
Salisbury former name of a city
San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga historical city name
Huamanga historical city name
Paguay former city name
Bedloe's Island former place name
Grande Rue du Faubourg Saint-Germain former street name
Stanleyville former name of city
Pregola historical name
Nirmala College —
Dzaudzhikau former name of a city
Cap-Henri former city name
La Salle former name of a town
State Teachers College former name of university
Puerto Flor de Lis former city name
Puerto Presidente Stroessner former place name
Avenue du Trocadéro former street name
Iowa Conference Seminary —
Stabroek former city name
Marshfield, Oregon former city name
Skelly Dyke former settlement name
Nittaku Home Flyers former name of sports team
Franklin Mills former place name
Sudostroy former city name
Molotovsk former city name
Rocktown former place name
Sandy Hill, New York former place name
Queens College former name of university
Newtown former place name
King Alfred’s College former name of university
West Troy former city name
Sunrise Golf Village former city name
Portugal Street former street name
Cadde-i Kebir former street name
San Germano (historical name)
surface form: San Germano
former name of a municipality
Sydenham former city name
Chefoo former place name
Hardekraaltjie former place name
Gombroon former city name
Davisville former place name
San Germano former name of a populated place
Athensville former place name