nameChangeReason
P2136
predicate
Indicates the reason or justification for a change in an entity’s name.
Aliases (9)
- reasonForNameChange ×11
- renamingReason ×9
- reasonForRenaming ×6
- changedNameReason ×2
- reasonForBrandNameChange ×1
- reasonForTitleChange ×1
- renamedReason ×1
- renamingMotivation ×1
- succeededByNameChange ×1
Sample triples (46)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Abdul Salaam | conversion to Islam ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| Astounding Award for Best New Writer | controversy over John W. Campbell’s views ("reasonForRenaming") → |
| Bedloe's Island | association with Statue of Liberty → |
| Benjy Compson | family embarrassment over Uncle Maury ("renamedReason") → |
| CableACE Award | to distinguish from American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards → |
| Calhoun College | namesake’s prominent support for slavery ("reasonForRenaming") → |
| Cornell Plantations | to move away from associations with slavery and colonialism linked to the word "plantations" ("renamingReason") → |
| Dixie Chicks | distancing from associations with the Confederacy ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| East Coast Hockey League | league expanded beyond the East Coast and dropped the full name in favor of the initials ECHL → |
| Frank Gehry | family changed surname to avoid antisemitism ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| French Community | to emphasize link between Wallonia and Brussels ("reasonForBrandNameChange") → |
| French Territory of the Afars and the Issas | to reflect main local ethnic groups ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier) | to free the name Ark Royal for a new aircraft carrier ("reasonForRenaming") → |
| High Street (Philadelphia) | association with market activities → |
| House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | anti-German sentiment in World War I ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| House of Windsor | anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| Houston Colt .45s | association with the new Astrodome ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| Houston Colt .45s | desire for a more space-age image ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| Idlewild Airport | assassination of President John F. Kennedy ("renamingReason") → |
| Jacob | struggled with God and with humans and prevailed → |
| Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | centralization and Yugoslav national ideology ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| Kobe Bryant All-Star Game MVP Award | to commemorate Kobe Bryant after his death in 2020 ("reasonForRenaming") → |
| L’Auto | legal dispute with Le Vélo → |
| MTV Moon Person | gender inclusivity ("renamingMotivation") → |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | to distinguish it from other Manchesters ("renamingReason") → |
| Morning Train (Nine to Five) | to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton’s song 9 to 5 ("reasonForTitleChange") → |
| NCAA Division I FCS | to distinguish subdivisions by postseason format rather than I-A and I-AA labels → |
| Nazareth Illit | to distinguish it from Nazareth and emphasize its Galilee location → |
| Newark | to distinguish it from Niagara Falls, Ontario → |
| Newton Heath F.C. | financial reorganization and new ownership ("changedNameReason") → |
| Nexus | to avoid confusion with the World Wide Web itself ("reasonForRenaming") → |
| Oldsmobile Delmont 88 | dropping of Delmont name after 1968 ("succeededByNameChange") → |
| Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry | concerns about references to the American Civil War → |
| Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament | expansion of the Pac-10 Conference to 12 schools ("changedNameReason") → |
| Pelican | in honour of Sir Christopher Hatton’s crest, the golden hind ("renamingReason") → |
| Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse | change of inlet name from Mosquito Inlet to Ponce de Leon Inlet ("renamingReason") → |
| Robert III of Scotland | to avoid the unlucky associations of the name John for Scottish kings ("reasonForNameChange") → |
| Salisbury | post-independence Africanization of place names ("reasonForRenaming") → |
| Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia | to reflect its location at a junction on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad → |
| Squaw Valley | removal of derogatory term "squaw" ("renamingReason") → |
| Stanford Cardinal football team | abandonment of Native American imagery → |
| Trinity College | expansion and major endowment from the Duke family ("renamingReason") → |
| Trump University | pressure from New York State Education Department → |
| UnderWater World | rebranding of the facility ("renamingReason") → |
| Valladolid, Michoacán, Viceroyalty of New Spain | to honor José María Morelos ("renamingReason") → |
| WorldWideWeb | to avoid confusion with the World Wide Web itself ("reasonForNameChange") → |