Former Names of Cities

The former names of cities

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Last updated: February 10, 2021

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City	Former Name
Beijing	Peking
Istanbul (most recent)	Constantinople
St. Petersburg (most recent)	Leningrad
New York	New Amsterdam
Ho Chi Minh City	Saigon

City	Former Name
Mumbai	Bombay
Kolkata	Calcutta
Guangzhou	Canton
Toronto	York

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Level 60

Feb 3, 2021

Let me know if I missed any other well known cities to add to this list

Level 45

Feb 3, 2021

Nice simple quiz, I got 8/9. But I am sure there are many cities you could add to the list, some more obvious than others certainly: Lutetia → Paris, Edo → Tokyo, Madras → Chennai, Christiania → Oslo, Olisipo → Lisbon, Bearbrass → Melbourne, Ragusa → Dubrovnik, Batavia - Jakarta, Akmola & Astana → Nursultan, Tenochtitlán → México City, Lourenço Marques → Maputo, Rangoon → Yangon, Nidaros → Trondheim.

Level 67

Mar 25, 2021

The name of Mexico City was never Tenochtitlán. It was a completely different city built on the ruins of it.

Level 62

Feb 5, 2021

Great Quiz!

Level 43

Feb 6, 2021

Kolkata is misspelt and St Petersburg was also called Petrograd but still a good quiz

Level 60

Feb 6, 2021

Thank you for your corrections