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1. FC Nürnberg
|
1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg e. V.
→
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A&M Records
|
independent record label
→
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ABET
|
Engineering Council for Professional Development
→
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AFL
|
Victorian Football League
→
|
|
APNIC
|
APNIC project
→
|
|
Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin
|
House of Representatives of Berlin (West Berlin)
→
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|
Abilene, Texas
|
railroad town
→
|
|
Abramtsevo Estate
|
18th century
("foundedAsEstateIn")
→
|
|
Acadie–Bathurst Titan
|
1981
("foundedAsFranchise")
→
|
|
Accademia dei Lincei
|
Accademia dei Lincei (original 1603 academy)
→
|
|
Adelaide
|
planned city
→
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|
Adidas
|
Adi Dassler Adidas Sportschuhfabrik
→
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|
Adler Mannheim
|
Mannheimer ERC
→
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|
Air New Zealand
|
Tasman Empire Airways Limited
→
|
|
Aktobe
|
Russian military fort
→
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|
Al Hilal SFC
|
Olympic Club
→
|
|
Al-Azhar University
|
mosque
→
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|
Al-Qarawiyyin University
|
mosque
→
|
|
Alaska Raptor Center
|
volunteer-run rehabilitation project
→
|
|
Albany
|
Dutch trading post
→
|
|
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
|
Alberta Innovates Centre for Machine Learning
→
|
|
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
|
Spanish colonial outpost
→
|
|
Alcatel
|
Compagnie Générale d’Electricité
→
|
|
Alexa Internet
|
independent company
→
|
|
Alexandra
|
freehold township for Black Africans
→
|
|
Alexandria Eschate
|
frontier outpost
→
|
|
Alexandria Eschate
|
military colony
→
|
|
Alexandria University
|
branch of Cairo University
→
|
|
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
|
town
→
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|
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
|
Federation of Liberal and Democratic Parties in Europe
→
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|
Almaty
|
Russian military fort of Verny
→
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Alphabet Inc.
|
Google corporate restructuring
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Amalienborg Palace
|
noble residences complex
→
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|
American Academy of Arts and Letters
|
National Institute of Arts and Letters
→
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American Ballet Theatre
|
Ballet Theatre
→
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American Football Conference
|
American Football League
→
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|
American Philosophical Association
|
American Philosophical Association
→
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|
Angels Camp
|
mining camp
→
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Anniston, Alabama
|
planned industrial community
→
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|
Antioch, California
|
Smith’s Landing
→
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|
Apex, North Carolina
|
railroad town
→
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|
Arausio
|
Roman colony
→
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|
Arcata, California
|
Union (historical name)
→
|
|
Archangel
|
monastery settlement
→
|
|
Ardwick A.F.C.
|
St. Mark's (West Gorton)
→
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|
Areva
|
Areva SA
→
|
|
Arizona Coyotes
|
Winnipeg Jets
→
|
|
Association of Commonwealth Universities
|
Universities Bureau of the British Empire
→
|
|
Association of Commonwealth Universities
|
Universities Bureau of the British Empire
→
|
|
Associação Académica de Coimbra
|
student association of the University of Coimbra
→
|
|
Athens, Georgia
|
trading settlement
→
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|
Athens, Georgia
|
trading settlement near Cedar Shoals
→
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Atlanta Braves
|
Boston Red Stockings
→
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Atlanta Hawks
|
Buffalo Bisons
→
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Atlantic City
|
resort town
→
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Atlantic Records
|
independent record label
→
|
|
Aurora, Illinois
|
mill town
→
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|
Austin
|
Waterloo
→
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|
Austin, Nevada
|
mining camp
→
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|
BCE Inc.
|
Bell Canada Enterprises
→
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|
BMW
|
Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke AG
→
|
|
BOA
|
British Olympic Council
→
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BP
|
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
→
|
|
Ballets Russes
|
touring company from the Imperial Russian Ballet
→
|
|
Ballston Spa
|
spa village
→
|
|
Ballymena United F.C.
|
Ballymena United F.C.
→
|
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
|
Argentaria
→
|
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
|
Banco de Bilbao
→
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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
|
Banco de Vizcaya
→
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Bandung
|
Dutch colonial town
→
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|
Bariloche
|
San Carlos de Bariloche
→
|
|
Bath Abbey
|
7th century
("foundedAsMonastery")
→
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|
Battle Abbey and Battlefield
|
Benedictine abbey
→
|
|
Bauhaus Weimar
|
Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar
→
|
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Bay View Historic District (adjacent community)
|
Methodist camp meeting resort
→
|
|
Bear Stearns
|
brokerage house
→
|
|
Begijnhof (Amsterdam)
|
beguinage
→
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|
Bell Textron
|
Bell Aircraft Corporation
→
|
|
Bellevue, Nebraska
|
fur trading post
→
|
|
Bend, Oregon
|
ranching and logging town
→
|
|
Bentley University
|
Bentley School of Accounting and Finance
→
|
|
Berggarten
|
herb garden
→
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|
Berggarten
|
kitchen garden
→
|
|
Berlin State Opera
|
1742
("foundedAsInstitution")
→
|
|
Bertelsmann
|
C. Bertelsmann Verlag
→
|
|
Beth Israel Hospital
|
Jewish community hospital
→
|
|
Bethune–Cookman University
|
school for African American girls
→
|
|
Beşiktaş JK
|
Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü
→
|
|
Biblica
|
New York Bible Society
→
|
|
Big Blue
|
1925
("foundedAsFranchise")
→
|
|
Bladensburg, Maryland
|
port town
→
|
|
Bofors
|
iron works
→
|
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
Booz & Company predecessor firm
→
|
|
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
→
|
|
Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey
|
early 20th century
("foundedAsVarsityProgram")
→
|
|
Botafogo FR
|
Botafogo Football Club
→
|
|
Bournemouth
|
Victorian seaside resort
→
|
|
Brentwood School, Essex
|
grammar school
→
|
|
British India Steam Navigation Company
|
Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company
→
|
|
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
|
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
→
|
|
Brooklyn Academy of Music
|
Brooklyn Academy of Music
→
|
|
Brooklyn Nets
|
New Jersey Americans
→
|
|
Brownsville, Texas
|
Brownsville
→
|
|
Brussels
|
fortified settlement on the Senne River
→
|
|
Bulawayo
|
Ndebele royal kraal
→
|
|
Bureau of American Ethnology
|
Bureau of Ethnology
→
|
|
Burlington
|
settlement
→
|
|
Burlington, New Jersey
|
settlement
→
|
|
C40
|
C20
→
|
|
CZI
|
limited liability company
→
|
|
Cablevision Systems Corporation
|
cable television provider for Long Island
→
|
|
Caguas, Puerto Rico
|
San Sebastián del Piñal de Caguax
→
|
|
Cambridge United F.C.
|
Abbey United
→
|
|
Campeche
|
San Francisco de Campeche
→
|
|
Canadian Museum of History
|
Museum Branch of the Geological Survey of Canada
→
|
|
Canadian-American Hockey League
|
minor professional league
→
|
|
Capital Bullets
|
Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
("foundedAsName")
→
|
|
Capitol Records
|
Capitol Records, Inc.
→
|
|
Cardston
|
Latter-day Saint settlement
→
|
|
Casablanca Stock Exchange
|
Office de Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières
→
|
|
Case School of Applied Science
|
Case School of Applied Science
→
|
|
Cathedral of Quito
|
parish church of Quito
→
|
|
Cañon City
|
mining and agricultural community
→
|
|
Central Park Zoo
|
menagerie of donated animals
→
|
|
Centralia, Kansas
|
railroad town
→
|
|
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
|
Mathematisch Centrum
→
|
|
Charles L. Webster and Company
|
vehicle for Mark Twain’s self-publishing
→
|
|
Charlotte Hornets
|
1988
("foundedAsFranchise")
→
|
|
Charlotte Hornets
|
1988
("foundedAsFranchise")
→
|
|
Charlotte Hornets
|
Charlotte Bobcats
→
|
|
Chevron Corporation
|
Standard Oil Co. (California)
→
|
|
Chevy Chase, Maryland
|
streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C.
→
|
|
Cheyenne
|
railroad town
→
|
|
Chicago Board of Trade
|
grain exchange
→
|
|
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
|
regional agricultural commodities exchange
→
|
|
Chicago Cubs
|
Chicago White Stockings
→
|
|
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
|
Shakespeare Repertory
→
|
|
Chicago Zephyrs
|
1962
("foundedAsZephyrs")
→
|
|
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
|
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
→
|
|
Children’s National Medical Center
|
Children’s Hospital
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Chinatown (San Francisco)
|
Chinese immigrant enclave
→
|
|
Christ Church
|
Christ Church in the City of Boston
→
|
|
Christ Church, Oxford
|
Cardinal College
("originallyFoundedAs")
→
|
|
Church of Sweden
|
Lutheran state church of Sweden
→
|
|
Church of the Presidents
|
First Parish Church of Quincy
→
|
|
Cincinnati Royals
|
Rochester Royals
→
|
|
Cisco Systems
|
Cisco Systems, Inc.
→
|
|
Citroën
|
Société Anonyme des Automobiles Citroën
→
|
|
City Lights Bookstore
|
paperback-only bookstore
→
|
|
Ciudad Bolívar
|
Santo Tomé de Guayana de Angostura del Orinoco
→
|
|
Clare College, Cambridge
|
University Hall
→
|
|
Cleveland Indians
|
1901
("foundedAsFranchise")
→
|
|
Cleveland, Tennessee
|
Taylor’s Place
→
|
|
Clovis, California
|
railroad town
→
|
|
Colchester United F.C.
|
successor to Colchester Town F.C.
→
|
|
Colgate-Palmolive
|
William Colgate & Company
→
|
|
College Board
|
College Entrance Examination Board
→
|
|
Colony of Maryland
|
haven for English Catholics
→
|
|
Colorado Avalanche
|
1972
("foundedAsFranchise")
→
|
|
Columbia Records
|
Columbia Phonograph Company
→
|
|
Commission on Presidential Debates
|
bipartisan commission to oversee general-election debates
→
|
|
Communist Party of France
|
Section française de l’Internationale communiste
→
|
|
Communist Party of Greece
|
Socialist Labour Party of Greece
→
|
|
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
|
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
→
|
|
Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
|
Leuenberg Church Fellowship
→
|
|
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
|
merger of Tabulating Machine Company, International Time Recording Company, and Computing Scale Company of America
→
|
|
Concord, California
|
Todos Santos
→
|
|
Connecticut Colony
|
settlement at Hartford
→
|
|
Converse, Inc.
|
Converse Rubber Shoe Company
→
|
|
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
|
Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration
→
|
|
Copenhagen
|
fishing village
→
|
|
Cork city
|
monastic settlement
→
|
|
Corner Brook
|
logging and fishing community
→
|
|
Cornwall, Ontario
|
New Johnstown
→
|
|
Corona, California
|
1886
("foundedAsSettlement")
→
|
|
Corsair International
|
Corsair
→
|
|
Cottonwood, Arizona
|
agricultural and ranching community
→
|
|
Council Bluffs
|
Kanesville
→
|
|
Council Bluffs, Iowa
|
Kanesville
→
|
|
Coupang
|
daily-deal site
→
|
|
Coursera
|
for-profit company
→
|
|
Coursera, Inc.
|
Coursera
→
|
|
Cromford
|
industrial village for mill workers
→
|
|
Crystal Palace F.C.
|
Crystal Palace Football Club
→
|
|
Cumberland School of Law
|
Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University
→
|
|
DAL
|
1925
("issuerFoundedAsAirline")
→
|
|
Dahlonega, Georgia
|
gold mining town
→
|
|
Dakar
|
French colonial settlement
→
|
|
Dallas Chaparrals
|
Dallas Chaparrals
→
|
|
Dallas Stars
|
Minnesota North Stars
→
|
|
Dallas Wings
|
Detroit Shock
("foundedAsFranchise")
→
|
|
Daytona Beach
|
Daytona
→
|
|
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
|
railroad town
→
|
|
Dearborn
|
township in the 19th century
→
|
|
Decca Records
|
The Decca Record Company Limited
→
|
|
Decorah, Iowa
|
county seat of Winneshiek County
→
|
|
Delaware Blue Coats
|
Utah Flash
→
|
|
Dell
|
PC's Limited
→
|
|
Denver, Colorado, United States
|
mining town
→
|
|
Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge
|
Mathematical Laboratory
→
|
|
Design Academy Eindhoven
|
Academie voor Industriële Vormgeving
→
|
|
Detroit Institute of Arts
|
Detroit Museum of Art
→
|
|
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
|
1542
("foundedAsInquisition")
→
|
|
Didi Chuxing
|
Didi Dache
→
|
|
Diocese of Hereford
|
Anglo-Saxon bishopric
→
|
|
Diocese of Lichfield
|
Anglo-Saxon bishopric of Mercia
→
|
|
Dodge City, Kansas
|
frontier trading post
→
|
|
Dorchester
|
English settlement
→
|
|
Dow Corning Corporation
|
joint venture
→
|
|
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
|
public arts high school
→
|
|
Dulwich College
|
College of God's Gift
→
|
|
Dunedin
|
Scottish settlement
→
|
|
Dunfermline Abbey
|
Benedictine priory
→
|
|
Durban
|
Port Natal
→
|
|
Durham, North Carolina
|
railroad depot
→
|
|
EDF
|
state-owned monopoly for electricity in France
→
|
|
EFL Championship
|
Football League Championship
→
|
|
EHC Red Bull München
|
Eishockeyclub München
→
|
|
East Chicago, Indiana
|
industrial community
→
|
|
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
|
lumber town
→
|
|
Edmonton
|
Hudson's Bay Company trading post
→
|
|
Educational Testing Service
|
Educational Testing Service
→
|
|
Egvekinot
|
settlement for mining support
→
|
|
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles
|
Spanish pueblo
→
|
|
Ellerbe Becket
|
Ellerbe & Company
→
|
|
Ellis, Kansas
|
railroad town
→
|
|
Elmhurst, Illinois
|
Cottage Hill
→
|
|
Elmina Castle
|
São Jorge da Mina
→
|
|
Ely, Nevada
|
stagecoach station
→
|
|
Endicott, New York
|
industrial company town
→
|
|
Entertainment One
|
Records on Wheels
→
|
|
Episcopal Diocese of Vermont
|
Diocese of Vermont
→
|
|
Equifax Inc.
|
Retail Credit Company
→
|
|
Erlangen
|
medieval settlement
→
|
|
Esteghlal F.C.
|
Docharkheh Savaran
→
|
|
Eugene, Oregon
|
Skinner’s Mudhole
→
|
|
Eureka, Nevada
|
mining town
→
|
|
Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau
|
Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau
→
|
|
European Parliament
|
Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
→
|
|
Eurowings
|
Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG
→
|
|
Everett, Washington, United States
|
industrial city
→
|
|
Everson Museum of Art
|
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
→
|
|
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
|
spa town
→
|
|
FMLN
|
guerrilla coalition
→
|
|
Fairbanks
|
mining camp
→
|
|
Fairchild Semiconductor
|
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
→
|
|
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
|
coalition of guerrilla groups
→
|
|
Fayetteville, Arkansas
|
Washington Courthouse
→
|
|
Federal Realty Investment Trust
|
Federal Realty Investment Company
→
|
|
Fells Point
|
port and shipbuilding center
→
|
|
Field Museum of Natural History
|
Columbian Museum of Chicago
→
|
|
Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven
|
RSC Bremerhaven
→
|
|
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
|
Fitzwilliam House
→
|
|
Flamengo
|
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
→
|
|
Flint, Michigan
|
fur trading post
→
|
|
Ford Motor Company
|
Ford Motor Company
→
|
|
Fort Bliss
|
U.S. Army post
→
|
|
Fort Collins
|
military fort
→
|
|
Fort Orange
|
fur-trading post
→
|
|
Fort Pierce, Florida
|
military fort
→
|
|
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
|
frontier cavalry post
→
|
|
Fort William
|
military garrison
→
|
|
Forward Bloc
|
All India Forward Bloc
→
|
|
Fossanova Abbey
|
Benedictine monastery
→
|
|
Free University of Berlin
|
alternative to Humboldt University in West Berlin
→
|
|
Freetown
|
settlement for Black Loyalists
→
|
|
Freetown
|
settlement for Liberated Africans
→
|
|
Freetown
|
settlement for freed slaves
→
|
|
French Quarter
|
New Orleans original city
→
|
|
Frontier Airlines
|
Frontier Airlines, Inc.
→
|
|
Gakushuin University
|
Gakushūin (Peers School)
→
|
|
Galatasaray High School
|
Galata Sarayı Enderun-u Hümayunu
→
|
|
Gaylord, Michigan
|
railroad town
→
|
|
Geffen Records
|
independent label
→
|
|
Gelati Monastery
|
royal monastery
→
|
|
General Digital
|
General Digital
→
|
|
General Electric
|
merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company
→
|
|
Georgetown
|
port town
→
|
|
Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
|
1906
("foundedAsVarsityProgram")
→
|
|
Georgetown, California
|
mining camp
→
|
|
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
|
port town
→
|
|
Gillette
|
The Gillette Company
→
|
|
Girton College, Cambridge
|
College for Women
→
|
|
Glenrothes
|
planned new town
→
|
|
Gloucester
|
Dorchester Company fishing outpost
→
|
|
Gloucester
|
Roman settlement
→
|
|
Gloucester, Massachusetts
|
fishing settlement
→
|
|
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
|
Golden Gate National Parks Association
→
|
|
Golden, Colorado
|
gold rush town
→
|
|
Goshen, New York
|
settlement in colonial era
→
|
|
Grand Rapids Griffins
|
IHL expansion franchise
→
|
|
Grand Rapids Public Museum
|
Grand Rapids Lyceum of Natural History
→
|
|
Grass Valley
|
mining camp
→
|
|
Greater Chennai Corporation
|
Corporation of Madras
→
|
|
Green Bank Observatory
|
National Radio Astronomy Observatory site at Green Bank
→
|
|
Greenbelt, Maryland
|
New Deal planned community
→
|
|
Greendale, Wisconsin
|
planned community
→
|
|
Greeneville, Tennessee
|
county seat of Greene County
→
|
|
Greenwood, Mississippi
|
Trading Post
→
|
|
Grozny
|
Russian military fortress
→
|
|
HRL Laboratories
|
Hughes Research Laboratories
→
|
|
Habana Vieja
|
walled colonial city
→
|
|
Haileybury College
|
East India College
→
|
|
Hal Roach Studios
|
Rolin Film Company
→
|
|
Halifax
|
British settlement
→
|
|
Hamilton Academical F.C.
|
Hamilton Academical Cricket and Football Club
→
|
|
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
|
Harrods Town
→
|
|
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
|
Harrodstown
→
|
|
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
|
Harrod’s Fort
→
|
|
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
|
Oldtown
→
|
|
Healdtown, Fort Beaufort
|
mission station
→
|
|
Henry Street Settlement
|
Visiting Nurse Service on the Lower East Side
→
|
|
Hensoldt
|
Airbus Group defense electronics business spin-off
→
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Heriot-Watt University
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School of Arts of Edinburgh
→
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Hermitage Museum
|
private imperial collection
→
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Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
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Puebla de los Ángeles
→
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Herzliya
|
agricultural settlement
→
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High Moon Studios
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Sammy Entertainment USA
→
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Hildesheim Cathedral
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bishop’s church of the Diocese of Hildesheim
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Hillsboro
|
Hillsborough (historical spelling)
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Hindu Mahasabha
|
All-India Hindu Mahasabha
→
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Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
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Hindustan Republican Association
→
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Historic Royal Palaces
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agency of the Department of the Environment
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Hoboken
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Hobuck
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Hockey Canada
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Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
→
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Holy Mountain
|
1st millennium AD
("foundedAsMonasticCenter")
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Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
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medieval parish church
→
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Holyrood Abbey
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Augustinian abbey
→
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Hosei University
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Tokyo School of Law
→
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Houston Mavericks
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Houston Mavericks
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Hudson's Bay Company
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Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay
→
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Hudson's Bay Company
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Hudson's Bay Company (fur trading business)
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Hudson, New York
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Hudson
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Hughes Hall, Cambridge
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Cambridge Training College for Women
→
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Hull F.C.
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Hull Football Club
NERFINISHED
→
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Hyde Park (Chicago)
|
independent township
→
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Hyde Park, New York
|
town of Hyde Park
→
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ITP Aero
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Industria de Turbo Propulsores
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Inchcolm Abbey
|
priory
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Indianapolis Colts
|
Baltimore Colts
→
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Indianapolis Jets
|
Indianapolis Kautskys
→
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IndyCar
|
1994
("foundedAsIRL")
→
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Iqaluit
|
Frobisher Bay (settlement name)
→
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Iserlohn Roosters
|
ECD Iserlohn
→
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Istanbul
|
Byzantium
→
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Italica
|
settlement for Roman veterans
→
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Ithaca Farmers Market
|
cooperative farmers market
→
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Ivy League
|
20th century
("foundedAsAthleticConference")
→
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J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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J. B. Lippincott & Co.
→
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JR West
|
Japanese National Railways successor company
→
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Jackson, California
|
mining camp
→
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Jaguar
|
Swallow Sidecar Company
→
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Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal
|
Port-Royal des Champs
→
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Jersey City
|
Pavonia
→
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Jersey Mike’s Subs
|
Mike’s Subs
→
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|
rocket research laboratory
→
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Johannesburg
|
gold mining settlement
→
|
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John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
|
mutual life insurance company
→
|
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
|
Baltimore City Hospitals
→
|
|
Joslyn Art Museum
|
Joslyn Memorial
→
|
|
Juneau
|
mining camp
→
|
|
Juventus FC
|
Sport-Club Juventus
→
|
|
Kadoorie Agricultural High School
|
agricultural training institution
→
|
|
Kaisei Academy
|
private school
→
|
|
Kalgoorlie
|
gold-mining town
→
|
|
Kampala
|
fort
→
|
|
Kansas City Art Institute
|
Sketch Club
→
|
|
Kansas City Chiefs
|
Dallas Texans
→
|
|
Kansas City, Missouri
|
Town of Kansas
→
|
|
Karaganda
|
mining settlement
→
|
|
Kassel Huskies
|
EC Kassel
→
|
|
Kelso Abbey
|
Selkirk Abbey
→
|
|
Ketchikan
|
fishing camp
→
|
|
Khan Academy
|
YouTube tutoring project by Sal Khan
→
|
|
Kimberley
|
mining town
→
|
|
King Digital Entertainment
|
online skill games website
→
|
|
King Edward VII’s Hospital
|
King Edward VII’s Hospital for Officers
→
|
|
King's Chapel
|
Anglican chapel
→
|
|
Kingston, New York
|
Dutch settlement
("wasFoundedAs")
→
|
|
Kingston, New York
|
Dutch settlement
→
|
|
Kingston, Ontario
|
Fort Cataraqui
→
|
|
Kingston, Ontario
|
Fort Frontenac
→
|
|
Klerksdorp
|
Boer settlement
→
|
|
Kmart Corporation
|
S.S. Kresge Company
→
|
|
Kokugakuin University
|
Kōten Kōkyūjo
→
|
|
Krefeld Pinguine
|
Krefelder EV
→
|
|
Kryvyi Rih
|
Cossack settlement
→
|
|
Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University
|
pedagogical institute
→
|
|
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
|
Kurfürstliche Pfalzbaierische Akademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukünstler
("originallyFoundedAs")
→
|
|
La Plata
|
capital of Buenos Aires Province
→
|
|
La Sorbonne
|
Robert de Sorbon
("foundedAsTheologicalCollegeBy")
→
|
|
Labour Party (UK)
|
Labour Representation Committee
→
|
|
Labrador City
|
company town
→
|
|
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
|
women's college
→
|
|
Lake Elsinore
|
Elsinore
→
|
|
Lake Oswego, Oregon
|
Oswego
→
|
|
Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
|
Lao People’s Party
→
|
|
Las Vegas Raiders
|
Oakland Raiders
→
|
|
Latina
|
planned city
→
|
|
Lausanne HC
|
Lausanne Hockey Club
→
|
|
Lawrence, Otago
|
gold-mining settlement
→
|
|
Le Havre AC
|
multisport club
("originallyFoundedAs")
→
|
|
Le Mars, Iowa
|
railroad town
→
|
|
Leadville, Colorado
|
mining camp
→
|
|
Leawood, Kansas
|
community in early 20th century
→
|
|
Lebanese American University
|
Beirut College for Women
→
|
|
Lebanon, Ohio
|
1796
("foundedAsSettlement")
→
|
|
Leeds United F.C.
|
successor to Leeds City F.C.
→
|
|
Leningrad
|
Saint Petersburg
→
|
|
Leominster, Massachusetts
|
town
→
|
|
Leonardo DRS
|
Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc.
→
|
|
Levante UD
|
Gimnástico Fútbol Club
→
|
|
Levante UD
|
Levante Fútbol Club
→
|
|
Lewes, Delaware
|
Zwaanendael
→
|
|
Liberal Party of Chile (modern)
|
successor to earlier liberal currents in Chile
→
|
|
Liberal, Missouri
|
freethought community
→
|
|
Liberal, Missouri
|
secularist community
→
|
|
Library Company of Philadelphia
|
subscription library
→
|
|
Libreville
|
trading post
→
|
|
Lichfield Cathedral
|
cathedral of the Diocese of Lichfield
→
|
|
Life
|
1883
("originalFoundingAsHumorMagazine")
→
|
|
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Lancaster
→
|
|
Linn County, Oregon
|
Linn County
→
|
|
Little Rock, Arkansas
|
trading post
→
|
|
Livermore
|
railroad town
→
|
|
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
|
London Academy of Music
→
|
|
Longines
|
Comptoir horloger Raiguel Jeune & Cie
→
|
|
Lorain, Ohio
|
Charleston
→
|
|
Los Alamos, New Mexico
|
Los Alamos Ranch School site
→
|
|
Los Angeles
|
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles
→
|
|
Los Angeles Clippers
|
Buffalo Braves
→
|
|
Lotus Development Corporation
|
Lotus Development Corporation
→
|
|
Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team
|
1970s
("foundedAsVarsityProgram")
→
|
|
Louvre Palace
|
fortress
→
|
|
Loveland, Colorado
|
agricultural community
→
|
|
LucasArts
|
games division of Lucasfilm
→
|
|
Lucasfilm
|
Lucasfilm Limited
→
|
|
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
|
women’s college
→
|
|
Lugdunum
|
Roman colony
("originallyFoundedAs")
→
|
|
Lugdunum Convenarum
|
colony for the Convenae
→
|
|
Lumière University Lyon 2
|
University of Lyon
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Lycée Hoche
|
École centrale de Versailles
→
|
|
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
|
Collège de Clermont
→
|
|
MC Alger
|
Mouloudia Club Algérois
→
|
|
MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
|
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
→
|
|
MIT Sloan School of Management
|
MIT School of Industrial Management
→
|
|
MTU Aero Engines
|
MTU München
→
|
|
Macon, Georgia, United States
|
Fort Hawkins
→
|
|
Magdalene College, Cambridge
|
Benedictine hostel
→
|
|
Maiduguri
|
British military outpost
→
|
|
Malmö Redhawks
|
Malmö IF
→
|
|
Manaus
|
São José da Barra do Rio Negro
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
Derryfield
→
|
|
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
Derryfield
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Marienberg
|
planned mining town
→
|
|
Mariinsky Theatre
|
Imperial theatre of the Russian Empire
→
|
|
Mariposa
|
mining town
→
|
|
Marmara University
|
Hamideye Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi
→
|
|
Martins Ferry, Ohio
|
early Ohio River settlement
→
|
|
Marvel Comics
|
Timely Comics
→
|
|
Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
|
early 20th century
("foundedAsVarsityProgram")
→
|
|
Maseru
|
police camp
→
|
|
MedStar Health
|
Medlantic Healthcare Group
→
|
|
Medellín
|
Poblado de San Lorenzo de Aburrá
→
|
|
Melbourne Football Club
|
Melbourne Football Club
→
|
|
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
|
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research of the University of Pittsburgh
→
|
|
Memphis Grizzlies
|
Vancouver Grizzlies
→
|
|
Meraki
|
Meraki, Inc.
→
|
|
Meredith Corporation
|
publisher of Successful Farming magazine
→
|
|
Meriden, Connecticut
|
parish of Wallingford
→
|
|
Mesa, Arizona
|
Mormon agricultural colony
→
|
|
Meta Platforms, Inc.
|
TheFacebook
→
|
|
MetroStars
|
Empire Soccer Club
→
|
|
Middlesex County Cricket Club
|
Middlesex County Cricket Club
→
|
|
Miller Brewing Company
|
Plank Road Brewery (predecessor purchased by Frederick Miller)
→
|
|
Milwaukee Public Museum
|
German-English Academy museum collection
→
|
|
Milwaukie, Oregon
|
riverfront settlement
→
|
|
Minnesota Twins
|
Washington Senators
→
|
|
Mission Espada
|
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
→
|
|
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
|
2
("foundedAsMissionNumber")
→
|
|
Mission San José
|
Spanish Catholic mission
→
|
|
Mission San Juan Bautista
|
Mission San Juan Bautista
→
|
|
Mission San Juan Capistrano
|
Spanish mission
→
|
|
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
|
Spanish Catholic mission
→
|
|
Mission San Rafael Arcángel
|
asistencia
→
|
|
Mission Santa Barbara
|
10th mission in the California mission system
→
|
|
Mission Santa Clara de Asís
|
Spanish mission
→
|
|
Mississippi Museum of Art
|
Mississippi Art Association
→
|
|
Mississippi University for Women
|
Industrial Institute and College
→
|
|
MoMA PS1
|
The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc.
→
|
|
Mobil
|
Standard Oil Company of New York
→
|
|
Montblanc
|
Simplo Filler Pen Company
→
|
|
Montpellier HSC
|
Stade Olympique Montpelliérain
→
|
|
Montreal Canadiens
|
Club de hockey Canadien
→
|
|
Morelia
|
Valladolid
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Motorola Mobility
|
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.
→
|
|
Motown
|
Tamla Records
→
|
|
Motown Museum
|
nonprofit museum
→
|
|
Mount Athos
|
10th century
("foundedAsMonasticCenter")
→
|
|
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
rural cemetery
→
|