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Cities' Old Names Quiz
Can you choose which city used be called what.
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Last updated: July 2, 2025
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| First submitted | November 1, 2024 |
| Times taken | 41 |
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1. Edo
Seoul
Tokyo
Shanghai
Toledo
2. Christiania
Havana
Los Angeles
Oslo
Albuquerque
3. Tsaritsyn
Name of the s under Tsarist Russia
St. Petersburg
Volgograd
Warsaw
Moscow
4. Byzantium
Byzantium was the original Greek name of the city.
Istanbul
Izmir
Thessaloniki
Rome
5. Fort Rouillé
Montreal
Baton Rouge
Des Moines
Toronto
6. Peking
Peking was the Romanised version
Guangzhou
Beijing
Shanghai
Nanjing
7. Tuleburg
Frankfurt, KY
State College, PA
Stockton, CA
Erie, PA
8. Jernigan
Malmö
Vancouver
Lima
Orlando
9. Lundenwic
After Londinium was abandoned, the Anglo-Saxon settlement on the site was named Lundenwic
Trenton
Dover
Washington, DC
London
10. Pest-Buda
This seems pretty self explanatory
Bangalore
Dar es Salaam
Budapest
Delhi
11. Dunedin
Belfast
Edinburgh
Benghazi
Denver
12. Nur-Sultan
The name change was temporary and controversial, being reversed three years later.
Tehran
Dar es Salaam
Tashkent
Astana
13. Yerba Buena
Tijuana
Bogota
Albuquerque
San Francisco
14. Malmhauger
Malmö
Albany
Neuhauser
Hartford
15. Jingzhou
Xi'an
Shanghai
Beijing
Zhengzhou
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1 Comments
mwickholm
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Level 62
Jul 2, 2025
Please change Malmo to Malmö and Banghazi to Benghazi.
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