List of city name changes

This is a list of cities which changed their name over the course of history.

"see also:" Names of European cities in different languages.

AFG

*Bactra → Balkh

DZA

*Ikosium → Icosium → Algiers
*Géryville → El Bayadh
*Cirta → Constantine
*Hippo Regius → Bône → Annaba
*Rusicade → Philippeville → Skikda
*Castellum Tingitanum → Orléansville → El Asnam → Chlef
*Malaca → Calama → Guelma
*Colomb-Béchar → Béchar
*Saint André de Mers-el-Kébir → Mers-el-Kébir
*Saldae → Bougie → Béjaïa

AGO

*Amboim → Cabela → Gabela
*Benguella → Benguela (1975)
*Cabinda → Tchiowa (proposed)
*Carmona → Uíge (1975)
*Concelho → Caconda (1975)
*Henrique de Carvalho → Saurimo (1975)
*Huambo → Nova Lisboa → Huambo (1975)
*Loanda → Luanda (1975)
*Moçâmedes → Namibe (1985)
*Novo Redondo → Sumbe (1975)
*Kissonde → Benguela → Benguela Velha → Porto Amboim (1923) → Gunza/Porto Gabela (proposed)
*Porto Alexandre → Tombwe/Tombua
*Robert Williams town/Vila Robert Williams → Caála (1975)
*Sá da Bandeira → Lubango
*São Salvador → M'banza-Kongo (1975)
*Santa Comba → Waku-Kungo (1975)
*Santo António do Zaire → Soyo
*Serpa Pinto → Menongue (1975)
*Silva Porto → Kuito/Cuito (1975)
*Teixeira da Silva → Bailundo/Bailunda
*Teixeira de Sousa → Luau (1975)
*Vila Luso → Luena (1975)
*Vila Salazar → N'dalatando (1975)

ARG

*La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata

ARM

"See List of renamed cities in Armenia"

AUS

*Sturt → Alice Springs (NT)
*Ballaarat → Ballarat (VIC)
*Mayday Hills → Beechworth (NSW)
*Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo (VIC)
*Emu Bay → Burnie (TAS)
*Blackman's Flat → Orange (NSW)
*Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin (NT)
*Limestone StaTion → Ipswich (QLD)
*Bearbrass → Melbourne (VIC)
*Mobilong → Murray Bridge (SA)
*Currajong → Parkes (NSW)
*Belfast → Port Fairy (TAS)
*Flooding Creek → Sale (VIC)
*McGuire's Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton (VIC)
*Hummock Hill → Whyalla (SA)
*Dumbletown → Beverly Hills (NSW)

AZE

"See List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan"

BLR

"See List of renamed cities in Belarus"

BEL

*Aduatuca → Tongeren
*Cortoriacum → Kortrijk (Courtrai)
*Gandava → Ghent
*Orolaunum → Arlon
*Turnacum Nerviorum → Tournai

BIH

* Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška → Bosanska Gradiška
* Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča

BRA

*Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis
*Paraíba → João Pessoa
*São José da Barra do Rio Negro → Manaus
*Vila Rica → Ouro Preto
*Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre
*Porto Acre → Xapuri
*Nova Danzig → Cambé
*Hansa Humboldt → Corupá
*Harmônia → Ibirama

BRN

*Brunei Town → Bandar Seri Begawan

BGR

*Agatopolis → Ahtopol
*Ratiaria → Archar
*Scaptopara → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
*Orhanie → Botevgrad
*Scaphida → Pyrgos → Burgas
*Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbuhin → Dobrich
*Diranava → Dryanovo
*Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa
*Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev
*Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad
*Pautalia → Velbăzhd → Kyustendil
*Golyama Kutlovitsa → Ferdinand → Mihailovgrad → Montana
*Mesembria → Nesebăr
*Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik
*Plevne → Pleven
*Philipopolis → Trimontium → Păldin/Pulpudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv
*Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
*Kolarovgrad → Shumen
*Durostorum → Dorostol → Drăstăr → Silistra
*Bashmakli → Smolyan
*Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofia
*Apolonia → Sozopolis → Sozopol
*Beroe → Verea → Boruy → Eski Zagra → Stara Zagora
*Eski Dzhumaia → Tărgovishte
*Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
*Odesos → Varna → Stalin → Varna
*Tărnovgrad → Veliko Tărnovo
*Bononia → Bdin → Vidin
*Vratitsa → Vratsa

CAN

British Columbia

*Fort George → Prince George
*Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
*Wu'muthkweyum → Vancouver

Manitoba

*Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill

New Brunswick

*Fort LaTour → Saint John
*Léger Corner → Dieppe
*Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton

Nunavut

*Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit

Ontario

*Bytown → Ottawa
*Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener ("see Berlin to Kitchener name change")
*Fort Frontenac → Kingston
*Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake
*New Johnstown → Cornwall
*Rat Portage → Kenora
*Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury
*Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines
*Fort Rouillé → Toronto → York → Toronto
*Aqueduct → Merritsville → Welland

Prince Edward Island

*Port la Joie → Charlottetown

Québec

*Hochelaga → Ville Marie → Mount Royal → Montreal
*Stadacona → Québec City
*Hull → Gatineau

askatchewan

*Pile o' Bones → Regina

TCD

*Fort Lamy → N'Djamena

PRC

*Amoy → Xiamen
*Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Beijing (aka Peking) → Beiping (aka Peiping) → Beijing
*Canton → Guangzhou
*Chang'an → Xi'an
*Jinling → Nanjing
*Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
*Lin'an → Hangzhou
*Yinxu → Anyang
*Tan-tung → Andong → Dandong
*Shenyang → Shengjiang → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
*Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian

COL

*Bacatá → Santa Fe de Bacatá → Bogotá → Santa Fe de Bogotá → Bogotá
*Obando → Puerto Inírida → Inirida
*Cartagena de Indias → Cartagena
*Patriarca San José → Cucúta → San José de Cucúta → Cucúta
*Valle de Upar → Ciudad de los Santos Reyes de Valledupar → Valle Dupar → Valledupar
*Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios del Cabo de la Vela → Nuestra Señora de los Remedios del Río de la Hacha → Riohacha
*Barbudo → Santiago de Sompayón → Tamalameque → Santiago de Sompayón Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de El Banco → El Banco
*San Jerónimo de Buenavista → Pereira
*Apiay → Villavicencio
*Pueblo Viejo →San Francisco de Quibdó → Quibdó
*San Bonifacio de Ibagué del valle de las Lanzas → Ibagué
*San Antonio → Leticia
*Santa Cruz de Pizarro → Santa Cruz de San José → Sitionuevo → Sitio Nuevo

COD

A number of places became cities under a Belgian colonial name, or rather two: in Dutch and French (the Belgian official languages), but were later renamed, such as:
*Albertstad = Albertville → Kalemie
*Coquilhatstad = Coquihatville → Mbandaka
*Costermansstad = Costermansville → Bukavu
*Elisabethstad = Elisabethville → Lubumbashi
*Jadotstad = Jadotville → Likasi
*Leopoldstad = Léopoldville → Kinshasa
*Port Franqui → Ilebo
*Stanleystad = Stanleyville → Kisangani

HRV

*Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb
*Pinguente → Buzet
*Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar
*Albona → Labin
*Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek
*Cittanova → Novigrad
*Parenzo → Poreč
*Pola → Pula
*Ragusa → Dubrovnik
*Rovigno → Rovinj
*Sankt Veit am Fluß → Fiume → Rijeka
*Spalatum → Spalato → Spljet → Split
*Dignano → Vodnjan
*Laurana → Lovran
*Cirquenizza → Crikvenica
*Segnia → Senj
*Lussinpiccolo → Mali Lošinj
*Zaravecchia → Biograd na Moru
*Sebenico → Šibenik
*Porto Re → Kraljevica
*Pisino → Pazin
*Lesina → Hvar
*Curzola → Korčula
*Cherso → Cres
*Abbazia → Opatija
*Castelli → Kaštela
*Castua → Kastav
*Comiza → Komiža
*Pagu → Pag
*Nona → Nin
*Buccari → Bakar
*Vodizze → Vodice

CZE

*Německý Brod → Havlíčkův Brod
*Zlín → Gottwaldov → Zlín

DOM

*Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936-1961) → Santo Domingo

EGY

Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names
*Syene → Aswan
*Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna

GNQ

*Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo

EST

"See List of renamed cities in Estonia"

FRA

Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin
*Agedincum → Sens
*Aginnum → Agen
*Andemantunum → Langres
*Antipolis → Antibes
*Aquae Sextiae → Aix-en-Provence
*Arausio → Orange
*Arelate → Arles
*Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
*Augustobona → Troyes
*Augustodunum → Autun
*Augustodurum → Bayeux
*Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
*Autessiodurum → Auxerre
*Autricum → Carnotum → Chartres
*Avaricum → Bourges
*Avennio → Avignon
*Bagacum → Bavai
*Burdigala → Bordeaux
*Caesarodunum → Tours
*Carcaso → Carcassonne
*Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans
*Cularo → Gratianopolis → Grenoble
*Divodurum → Metz
*Divona → Cahors
*Durocortorum → Reims
*Elimberris → Auch
*Forum Iulii → Fréjus
*Gesocribate → Brest
*Gesoriacum → Bononia → Bonen (aan zee)/ Boulogne-sur-Mer
*Iluro → Oléron
*Iuliomagus → Angers
*Lapurdum → Bayonne
*Limonum → Poitiers
*Lugdunum → Lyon
*Lutetia → Paris
*Massilia → Marseille
*Matisco → Mâcon
*Mediolanium → Saintes
*Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
*Metis → Metz
*Narbo Martius → Narbonne
*Nemausus → Nîmes
*Nemetacum → Arras
*Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
*Portus Namnetum → Nantes
*Rotomagus → Rouan
*Samarobriva → Amiens
*Segodunum → Rodez
*Senones → Sens
*Tolosa → Toulouse
*Valentia → Valence, Drôme
*Vesontio → Besançon
*Vienna → Vienne

GMB

*Bathurst → Banjul

DEU

:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia for towns now in Poland, Russia or Lithuania
*Aquisgranum → Aix-la-Chapelle → Aachen
*Augusta Treverorum → Trier
*Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
*Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
*Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal
*Batavis → Passau
*Bona → Bonn
*Castellum apud Confluentes → Koblenz
*Castra Regina → Regensburg
*Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt → Chemnitz
*Colonia Agrippina → Cologne (Köln)
*Colonia Nemetum → Speyer
*Constantia → Konstanz
*Fürstenberg (Oder) → Stalinstadt → Eisenhüttenstadt
*Moguntiacum → Mainz
*Sorviodurum → Straubing

GEO

"See List of renamed cities in Georgia"

GRC

*Banitsa → Vevi
*Boimitsa → Axioupoli
*Kailar → Ptolemaida
*Khandak → Candia → Heraklion
*Lamia → Zitouni → Lamia

:"See also: Former toponyms of Greek places"

GUY

*Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden

HUN

*Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1949) → Dunaújváros (1961)
*Sövényháza → Ópusztaszer (1974)
*Pernyepuszta → Pernyebánya (1945) → Petőfibánya (1948)
*Tiszaszederkény → Leninváros (1970) → Tiszaújváros (1990)

IND

"See List of renamed Indian public places"
*Madras → Chennai (changed August 1996)
*Fort William → Calcutta → Kolkata (changed January 2001)
*Mumba → Boa Baia → Bombay → Mumbai (changed 1995 or 1996)
*New Bombay → Navi Mumbai
*Baroda → Vadodra
*Pataliputra → Patna
*Pondicherry → Puduchery
*Poona → Pune
*Qila Rai Pithora → Siri → Tughluqabad → Jahanpanah → Kotla Firoz Shah → Purana Qila → Shahjahanabad → Delhi
*Trivandrum → Thiruvananthapuram
*Quilon → Kollam
*Aleppey → Alappuzha
*Cochin → Kochi
*Calicut → Kozhikode
*Palghat → Palakkad
*Thrishivaperur → Trichur → Thrissur
*Cannanore → Kannur
*Indravati → Umravti → Amravati
*Bangalore → Bengaluru
*Mysore → Mysuru
*Mangalore → Mangaluru
*Gulbarga → Kalburgi
*Hubli → Hubballi
*Shimoga → Shivamogga
*Chikamagalur → Chikkamagaluru
*Bellary → Ballary
*Bijapur → Vijapura
*Hospet → Hosapete
*Tumkur → Tumakuru
*Kaup → Kapu
*Belgaum → Belagavi
*Tanjore → Thanjavur
*Thirusirappalli → Trichinopoly → Trichy → Tiruchirappalli
*Jeypore → Jaipur
*Ootacamund -> Udhagamandalam

IDN

*Bangkahulu → Bencoolen → Bengkulu
*Buitenzorg → Bogor
*Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru → Sukarnopura → Jayapura
*Kalapa → Jayakarta → Batavia → Jakarta
*Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar
*Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung
*Aceh → Kotaraja → Banda Aceh

IRN

*Ecbatana → Hagmatana → Hamadan
*Aspadana → Isfahan

IRL

*Mostrim → Edgeworthstown
*Dún Laoghaire - Dun Leary → Kingstown → Dún Laoghaire
*Daingean → Philipstown → Daingean
*Port Laoighise → Maryborough → Portlaoise
*Cove → Queenstown → Cobh
*Eblana → Dublin
*Dingle → An Daingean [Uí Chúis]

ISR

*Acre → Ptolemais → Acre → Akko/Akka
*Yvus → Yerushalayim → Ilea Capitolina → Al-Quds → Yerushalayim/Al-Quds (Jerusalem)
*Ashkelon → Ascalon (Majdal) → Ashqelon
*Joppa → Jaffa → Tel Aviv-Yafo
*Raanania→ Ra'anana

ITA

From history, most Italian cities have Latin names, some have Greek or Etruscan names.
*Akragas → Agrigentum → Girgenti → Agrigento
*Beneventum → Benevento
*Felsina → Bononia → Bologna
*Brundisium → Brindisi
*Carales → Cagliari
*Kroton → Crotona → Crotone
*Florentia → Florence (Firenze)
*Genua → Genoa (Genova)
*Lavinium → Lavinio
*Mediolanum → Milan (Milano)
*Messana → Messina
*Mutina → Modena
*Neapolis → Napolis → Naples (Napoli)
*Olbia → Terranova Pausania → Olbia
*Panormus → Palermo
*Pisae → Pisa
*Rhegium → Reggio di Calabria
*Rome → Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana → Rome (Roma)
*Syracuse → Siracusa
*Taras → Tarentum → Taranto
*Vicetia → Vicenza

JPN

*Kurokawa → Wakamatsu → Aizuwakamatsu
*Suginome → Fukushima
*Fukase → Matsumoto
*Kozukata → Morioka
*Imahama → Nagahama
*Edo → Tokyo
*Koromo → Toyota

JOR

*Philadelphia → Amman

KAZ

"See List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan"

KOR

*Hanseong → Gyeongseong → Keijo → Seoul
*Pusan → Fusan → Pusan → Busan
*Dalgubeol → Taegu → Daegu
*Hanbot → Taejon → Daejeon
*Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju

PRK

*Sinuiju → Shingeishu → Sinuiju → Sineuiju
*Wanggŏmsŏng → Sŏgyŏng → Ryugyŏng; Kisŏng; Hwangsŏng; Rangrang; Sŏgyŏng; Sŏdo; Hogyŏng; Changan → Heijo → Pyongyang → Pyeongyang
*Wonsanjin → Gensan → Wonsan

KGZ

"See List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan"

LVA

"See List of renamed cities in Latvia"

LBN

*Berytus → Beirut
*Heliopolis → Baalbek
*Sidon → Saida
*Tyre → Sur

LTU

:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia"See List of renamed cities in Lithuania"

LBY

*Oea → Tripoli

MDG

*Tananarive → Antananarivo
*Diego Suárez → Antsiranana

MYS

*Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu
*Port Swettenham → Port Klang
*Victoria → Bandar Labuan

MEX

* Cajeme → Ciudad Obregon
* Ciudad Real → San Cristobal de las Casas
* Pitic → Hermosillo
* Queretaro → Santiago de Queretaro
* San Juan Bautista → Villahermosa
* Valladolid → Morelia

MDA

"See List of renamed cities in Moldova"

MNE

*Cattaro → Kotor

MAR

*Tingis → Tangier
*Mazagan → El Jadida

MOZ

*Lourenço Marques → Maputo

MMR

*Akyab → Sittwe
*Amherst → Kyaikkame
*Bassein → Pathein
*Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin
*Moulmein → Mawlamyaing
*Myohaung → Mrauk U
*Pagan → Bagan
*Pegu → Bago
*Prome → Pyay
*Dagon →& Rangoon → Yangon
*Sandoway → Thandwe
*Syriam → Thanlyin
*Tavoy → Dawei
*Yaunghwe → Nyaung Shwe

NLD

*Coriovallum → Heerlen
*Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nimwegen → Nijmegen
*Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
*Traiectum Eriditum → Utrecht

NOR

*Oslo → Christiania → Kristiania →Oslo
*Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
*Fredrikshald → Halden

PAK

*Lyallpur → Faisalabad (changed - 1977)
*Montgomery → Sahiwal (changed - 1966)

PRY

*Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner → Ciudad del Este
*Ajos → Coronel Oviedo

POL

: "see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia"
* Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
* Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
* Barcino → Barcin
* Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk → Barczewo
* Brido → Wartha → Bardo
* Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
* Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
* Barwica → Bärwalde → Barwice
* Biała → Zülz → Biała
* Gajle → Biała → Gehlen → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska
* Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
* Biały Bór → Baldenburg → Biały Bór
* Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
* Biała → Langenbielau → Bielawa
* Lignica → Fürstenwald → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów
* Bischofsburg → Biskupiec
* Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek
* Błaszkowice → Błaszki
* Richnow → Reichenau → Rychwałd → Bogatynia
* Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo
* Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo
* Brwinowo → Brwinów
* Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg → Brzeg
* Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny
* Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
* Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz
* Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
* Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder → Białobrzezie → Bytom Odrzański
* Łoza → Kulmsee → Chełmża
* Freienwalde → Chociwel
* Konice → Konigesberge → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna
* Chorzów → Königshütte → Chorzów
* Arnswalde → Choszczno
* Tempelburg → Czaplinek
* Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne
* Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk
* Dęblin → Iwanogród → Dęblin
* Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg → Christburg → Dzierzgoń
* Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów
* Łęg → Lyck → Ełk
* Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia
* Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko
* Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski
* Nowy Włodzisław → Junowłodzisław → Inowłodzisław → Inowłocław → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław
* Biała → Janów → Janów Lubelski
* Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra
* Kattowitz → Katowice → Stalinogród → Katowice
* Wietrzna Góra → Kazimierz → Kazimierz Dolny
* Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
* Kladsko → Glatz → Kłodzko
* Hurthland → Friedland → Korfantów
* Lignica → Liegnitz → Legnica
* Łódź → Litzmannstadt → Łódź
* Berenwalde → Bärwalde → Mieszkowice
* Mieńsk → Mińsk → Nowomińsk → Mińsk Mazowiecki
* Sensburg → Mrągowo
* Florianów → Narol
* Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
* Margrabowa → Treuburg → Olecko
* Pazluk → Hollandt → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk
* Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
* Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno
* Pisz → Johannisburg → Pisz
* Przemków → Primkenow → Primkenau → Przemków
* Puławy → Nowa Aleksandria → Puławy
* Słupsk → Stolp → Słupsk
* Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno
* Rogoźno → Jelitowo → Tomaszów → Tomaszów Lubelski
* Waldenberg → Waldenburg → Wałbrzych
* Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt → Wejherowo → Neustadt → Wejherowo
* Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
* Włodzisław → Włocław → Leslau → Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek
* Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau → Breslau → Wrocław
* Zabrze → Hindenburg → Zabrze
* Zawadzki → Andreashütte → Zawadzkie
* Zielona Góra → Grünberg → Zielona Góra

PRT

*Aeminium → Coimbra
*Bracara Augusta → Braga
*Conimbriga → Condeixa-a-Nova
*Iebora → Évora
*Olisipo → Al-Usbuna → Lisbon (Lisboa)
*Pax Iulia → Beja
*Portus Cale → Porto (Oporto)
*Sheberina → Serpa
*Sintara → Sintra

ROU

*Axiopolis → Cernavodă
*Abruttus → Abrud
*Ad Mediam → Băile Herculane
*Aegyssus → Tulcea
*Ampelum → Zlatna
*Apulum → Bălgrad → Gyulafehérvár → Alba Iulia
*Arrubium → Măcin
*Kronstadt → Braşov → Oraşul Stalin → Braşov
*Bucureşci → Bucureşti (Bucharest)
*Calatis → Mangalia
*Carsium → Hârşova
*Cibinum → Hermannstadt → Nagyszeben → Sibiu
*Dierna → Orşova
*Jassy → Iaşi
*Marosvásárhely → Târgu Mureş
*Napoca → Klausenburg → Kolozsvár → Cluj → Cluj-Napoca
*Noviodunum → Isaccea
*Porolissum → Zalău
*Potaissa → Turda
*Temesvár → Timişoara
*Tomis → Constanţa
*Drobeta → Turnu Severin → Drobeta-Turnu Severin

RUS

:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia"See List of renamed cities and towns in Russia"

SRB

*Naissus → Niš
*Singidunum → Zemun
*Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica

SGP

*Temasek → Singapore

SVK

*Kaschau → Kassa Košice
*Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava
*Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica

SVN

*Assling → Jesenice
*Bischofslack → Škofja Loka
*Celeia → Cilli → Celje
*Egida → Capris → Justinopolis → Caput Histriae → Koper/Capodistria
*Emona → Laibach → Ljubljana
*Marburg → Maribor
*Poetovio → Pettau → Ptuj
*Pirano → Piran
*Capodistria → Koper
*Portorose → Portoroz

ZAF

*Pietersburg → Polokwane
*Potgietersrus → Mokopane
*Ellisrus → Lephalale
*Louis Trichardt → Makhado → Louis Trichardt
*Messina → Musina
*Phalaborwa → BaPhalaborwa
*Lyttleton → Verwoerdburg → Centurion
*Naboomspruit → Mookgophong

ESP

*Abula → Ávila
*Acci → Guadix
*Aurariola → Orihuela
*Augusta Emerita → Mérida
*Azaña → Numancia de la Sagra (1936, by enemies of Manuel Azaña).
*Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
*Bayona de Tajuña → Titulcia (since the owner did not want to remind Ferdinand VII of Spain of his captivity at Bayonne).
*Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña → A Coruña
*Colonia Caecilia Metellinum → Medellín
*Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Isbilia → Seville (Sevilla)
*Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
*Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Qurtuba → Córdoba
*Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
*Dertosa → Tortosa
*Dianinum → Denia
*Egara → Tarrasa → Terrassa
* El Ferrol → El Ferrol del Caudillo → Ferrol
* Fuenterrabía → Hondarribia
*Gadir → Gades → Cádiz
* Gasteiz → Nueva Victoria → Vitoria-Gasteiz
* Guernica → Guernica y Luno → Gernika-Lumo
* Guecho → Getxo
*Gerunda → Gerona → Girona
*Ilerda → Lérida → Lleida
*Illice → Elche / Elx
*Legio → León
*Lejona → Leioa
*Lucentum → Laquant → Alicante
*Lucus Augusti → Lugo
*Mainake → Malaca → Málaga
*Mahón → Maó
*Onuba → Huelva
*Pompaelo → Pamplona
*Qart Hadast → Carthago Nova → Cartagena
* Quintanilla → Quintanilla de Onésimo
*Saguntum → Murviedro / Morvedre → Sagunto
*Salduba → Caesaraugusta → Saraqusta → Zaragoza
* Sos → Sos del Rey Católico
*Helmantica → Salamantica → Salamanca
*Tarraco → Tarraco nova → Tarragona
*Toletum → Tulaytula → Toledo
*Villa Real → Ciudad Real

CHE

*Augusta Raurica → Kaiseraugst
*Aventicum → Wiflispurg → Avenches
*Eburodunum → Yverdon-les-Bains
*Lousonna → Lausanne
*Minnodunum → Moudon
*Octodurus → Martigny
*Turicum → Zürich
*Brenno***(durum?) → Bern

SYR

*Aleppo → Beroea → Aleppo
*Emesa → Homs
*Hamath → Hama
*Laodicea → Latakia
*Palmyra → Tadmor

TJK

"See List of renamed cities in Tajikistan"

TZA

*Tabora → Weidmannsheil → Tabora

TUR

Many cities were founded by the Ancient Greeks or their contemporaries, and renamed by the Romans, and later again by Muslim Turks

European (Eastern Thrace)

*Hadrianopolis/Adrianople → Edirne
*Byzantion → Byzantium → Constantinopolis/Constantinople → Istanbul

Anatolia (Asia Minor)

*Alexandretta → İskenderun
*Amida → Diyarbakır
*Amisus → Samsun
*Ancyra → Angora → Ankara
*Antioceia -> Antiochia/Antioch → Antakya
*Archelais -> Aksaray
*Attalia → Attalea → Adalia → Antalya
*Bythinion/Bythinium → Claudiopolis → Bolu
*Chalkedon → Chalcedon
*Cius → Prusa → Bursa
*Dorylaeum -> Eskişehir
*Edessa → Sanli Urfa (Şanlıurfa)
*Ephesos → Ephesus -> Efes
*Halikarnassos → Halicarnassus → Bodrum
*Iconium → Konya
*Kyzikos → Cyzicus
*Magnesia → Manisa
*Mazaca → Caesarea Mazaca → Kayseri
*Melitene → Malatya
*Mylasa -> Milas
*Nikaia → Nicaea → İznik
*Nicomedia → İzmit/Kocaeli
*Pergamon → Pergamum → Bergama
*Sinope → Sinop
*Smyrna → İzmir
*Theodosiopolis → Erzurum
*Tralles → Aydın
*Trapezon → Trapezus → Trebizond → Trabzon

TKM

"See List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan"

UKR

"See List of renamed cities in Ukraine"

UK

England

*Aquae Sulis → Bath
*Brycgstow → Bristol
*Camulodunum → Colchester
*Cantiacorum → Durovurnum → Canterbury
*Deva → Caester → Chester
*Dubris → Dover
*Durnovaria → Dorchester
*Efrawg → Eboracum/Eburacum → Eoferwic → Jorvik → York
*Glevum → Gloucester
*Isca Dumnoniorum → Exeter
*Lindum Colonia → Lincoln
*Londinium → Lundenwic → Lundenburgh → London
*Luguvallium → Carlisle
*Pons Aelius → Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne
*Ratae Corieltauvorum → Kaerleir → Leicester
*Tigguo Cobauc → Snottingaham → Nottingham

Northern Ireland

*Doire → Derry → Londonderry (Derry is still used by a majority of the city's population)

cotland

*Arderyth → Airdrie
*Aberbrothock → Arbroath
*Inverayr → Ayr
*Alclud → Ail Chluaidh → Dumbarton
*Alec-tum → Dùn Dèagh → Dundee
*Dùn Phàrlain → Dunfermline
*Dun Eideann → Edinburgh
*Glascu → Glasgow
*Cadzow → Hamilton
*Inbhir Uraidh → Inverury → Inverurie
*Jeddart → Jedburgh
*Kirkcaudy → Kirkcaldy
*Lithgae → Linlithgow
*Pasgill → Paisley
*St John's Toun (St Johnstone) → Perth
*Newark → Port Glasgow
*Cell Rígmonaid → Kilrymont → Muckross → St Andrews
*Strivelyn → Stirling
*Cambusnethan → Wishawtown → Wishaw

USA

*Alburquerque → Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Charleston → St. Charles, Illinois
*Charles Towne → Charleston, South Carolina
*Clark → DISH, Texas
*Cleaveland → Cleveland, Ohio
*Cowford → Jacksonville, Florida
*Dearborn → Chicago, Illinois
*East Detroit → Eastpointe, Michigan
*Fort Duquesne → Fort Pitt → Pittsburgh → Pittsburg → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany, New York
*Gay Head, Massachusetts → Aquinnah, Massachusetts
*Hot Springs, New Mexico → Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
*Jernigan → Orlando, Florida
*Lancaster → Lincoln, Nebraska
*Losantisville → Cincinnati, Ohio
*Marysville → Corvallis, Oregon
*Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania → Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
*New Amsterdam → New York → New Orange → New York, New York
*North Tarrytown, New York → Sleepy Hollow, New York
*Pig's Eye → St. Paul, Minnesota
*Plantation of Penacook → Rumford → Concord, New Hampshire
*Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis, Maryland
*Sellstown → Dublin, Ohio
*Sing Sing → Ossining, New York
*Spokan Falls → Spokane, Washington
*Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix, Arizona
*Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta, Georgia
*Vermilionville → Lafayette, Louisiana
*Wintonbury → Bloomfield, Connecticut
*Yerba Buena → San Francisco, California

UZB

"See List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan"

VNM

*Tourane -> Đà Nẵng (Danang)
*Tống Bình → Long Đỗ → Đại La → Thăng Long → Đông Đô → Đông Kinh → Bắc Thành → Thăng Long → Hà Nội (Hanoi)
*Hai Pho → Faifo → Hội An (Hoi An)
*Prey Nokor → Gia Ðịnh → Saigon → Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)
*Phu Xuan → Huế (Hue)
*Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh → Vinh Thi → Vinh

ZWE

*Enkeldoorn → Chivhu
*Essexvale → Esigodini
*Fort Victoria → Masvingo
*Gatooma → Kadoma
*Gwelo → Gweru
*Hartley → Chegutu
*Marandellas → Marondera
*Matopos → Matobo
*Melsetter → Chimanimani
*Que Que → Kwekwe
*Salisbury → Harare
*Selukwe → Shurugwi
*Shabani → Zvishavane
*Sinoia → Chinhoyi
*Umtali → Mutare
*Wankie → Hwange

ources and References

(incomplete)
*Catholic
*Westermann, "Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte" (in German)
*City of Melbourne Web site [http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=52&pg=703]
*Ballarat history [http://www.ballarat.com/history.htm]
* Of Bangalore, Bengaluru and Belagavi [http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/feb/20name.htm]

ee also

*List of administrative division name changes