Geographical renaming is the act of changing the name of a geographical feature or area. This can range from the uncontroversial change of a street name to a highly disputed change to the name of a country. Some names are changed locally but are not recognised by other countries, especially when there is a difference in language. Other names may not be officially recognised but remain in common use. Geonym is a name of a geographical feature. ... Geography - (from the Greek words Geo (γη) or Gaea (γαία), both meaning Earth, and graphein (γράφειν) meaning to describe or to writeor to map) is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. ... Abbey Road in London A street name or odonym is an identifying name given to a street. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ...

There are many reasons to undertake renaming, with political motivation being the primary cause, such as reverting to the original names of cities that were renamed to honour Stalin. (See de-Stalinization and history of the Soviet Union (1953-1985).) One of the most common reasons for a country changing its name is newly acquired independence. When borders are changed, sometimes due to a country splitting or two countries joining together, the name of the areas can change. This, however, is more the creation of a different entity than an act of geographical renaming. During Joseph Stalins rule (1922-1953), many places, mostly cities, in the Soviet Union and other communist countries were named or renamed in honor of him as part of the cult of personality. ... De-Stalinization and the Khrushchev era For further details, see Nikita Khrushchev After Stalin had died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Georgi Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union. ... // See also: Nikita Khrushchev After Stalin had died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Georgi Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union. ...

Other more unusual reasons for renaming have included:

• To stop having an unusual or embarrassing name
• As part of a sponsorship deal or publicity stunt

A change might see a completely different name being adopted or may simply be just a slightly different spelling. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In some cases established institutions preserve the old names of the renamed places in their names, such as the Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea, the Peking University in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and the Bombay Stock Exchange and the Bombay High Court in Mumbai, Republic of India. Pusan National University (PNU) (also called Busan National University) is one of the leading national universities in South Korea. ... Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan[1] is the largest port city in the Republic of Korea. ... Peking University (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ), colloquially known in Chinese as Beida (北大, Běidà), was established in 1898. ... Peking redirects here. ... The Bombay Stock Exchange The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (Marathi:मुंबई शेयर बाजार) (formerly, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai; popularly called The Bombay Stock Exchange, or BSE) is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. ... The Bombay High Court was inaugurated on August 14, 1862. ... , Bombay redirects here. ... The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ...

Naming disputes

• "British Isles" is disliked by many in Ireland
• The Hyphen War of 1990 – Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia?
• Derry/Londonderry name dispute in Northern Ireland
• Indian renaming controversy
• Iran naming dispute starting in the 1930s
• Sea of Japan naming dispute
• Dispute over the name of the Republic of Macedonia
• Northern Ireland naming dispute
• Persian Gulf naming dispute starting in the 1960s

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Significant name changes

The following list shows acts of geographical renaming that have had been of international importance or significance.

Countries and territories

• Bangladesh – East Pakistan until 1971
• Belarus – Byelorussia until 1991; also called White Russia.
• Belize – British Honduras until 1973
• Benin – Dahomey until 1975
• Burkina Faso from Upper Volta in 1984
• Cambodia known as Khmer Republic 1971-1975, Kampuchea 1975-1991
• Central African Republic – from Ubangi-Shari on independence in 1958 (called Central African Empire from December 4, 1976 to September 20, 1979)
• Colombia – New Granada until 1819
• Democratic Republic of the Congo – was Zaire between 1971 and 1997.
• Djibouti – formerly French Somaliland, then Afars and Issas until 1977
• East Timor – Portuguese Timor until 1975, since independence in 2002 also known as Timor-Leste
• Equatorial Guinea – Spanish Guinea until 1968
• Ethiopia – historically known as Abyssinia as well as Ethiopia
• Ghana – the Gold Coast until 1957
• Guinea Bissau – Portuguese Guinea until 1974
• Guyana – British Guiana until 1966
• Indonesia – Netherlands East Indies until 1945
• Iran – also known as Persia before 1979 (both names were used in the mid-20th century)
• Ireland (republic) – before 1937 the Irish Free State. Since 1949 commonly referred to by the official description Republic of Ireland, apart from in treaties, etc. Was at one time referred to as Éire, a usage that still persists in some British media. The state does not include all of the island of Ireland.
• Jordan – formerly Transjordan
• Kiribati – known as the Gilbert Islands before independence in 1979
• Kyrgyzstan – formerly Kirghizstan
• Mexico – New Spain until 1821
• Malawi – Nyasaland until 1964
• Mali – French Sudan until 1960
• Moldova – Moldavia until 1991
• Myanmar, in 1988 the military junta changed the name but Burma is still widely used in English (see Names of Burma)
• Namibia – formerly South-West Africa
• Puerto Rico – formerly known in English as Porto Rico
• North Korea and South Korea – formerly Goryeo until 1392, then Joseon until 1945.
• Samoa – Western Samoa in 1997
• Sri Lanka from Ceylon in 1972
• Serbia and Montenegro from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2003. Ultimately split into Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.
• Thailand – formerly Siam until 1949.
• Tuvalu – known as the Ellice Islands before independence in 1978
• Vanuatu – from New Hebrides in 1980 after gaining independence.
• Western Sahara – formerly Spanish Sahara
• Zambia – Northern Rhodesia until 1964
• Zimbabwe – part of Rhodesia until 1910; then known as Southern Rhodesia until a year before it declared independence in 1965; known as Rhodesia until 1979, then became Zimbabwe-Rhodesia until it assumed the current name in 1980.

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Subnational entities

• County Laois – formerly Queen's County
• County Offaly – formerly King's County
• Free State – formerly Orange Free State
• Gauteng – formerly Pretoria Witwatersrand-Vereeninging.
• Guangdong – formerly known in English as Canton.
• Hebei – formerly Zhili (直隶).
• KwaZulu-Natal – formerly Natal
• Limpopo – formerly Northern Province, formerly Northern Transvaal.
• Mpumalanga – formerly Eastern Transvaal.
• Newfoundland and Labrador – formerly Newfoundland.
• Papua – formerly Irian Jaya, Irian Barat, West New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea. Also known as West Papua
• Phuket, an island belonging to Thailand in the Andaman Sea was formerly known as Talang in Thai, Ujong Salang in Malay and Junk Ceylon.
• Puducherry – formerly Pondicherry
• Sabah from British North Borneo in 1963
• Tasmania – Large island south of mainland Australia which was formerly known as Van Diemens Land

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Cities and towns

• Beijing – named Peiping from 1927 to 1949, during which time Nanking was the national capital. In English-speaking countries, Beijing was generally known as Peking before its name change, but following the Communist takeover and the introduction of the pinyin transcription scheme, Beijing was adopted.
• Bogotá – Changed to Santafé de Bogotá D.C. (Distrito Capital) in 1991 from Bogotá D.E. (Distrito Especial). Changed back to the simplified Bogotá D.C. (Distrito Capital) in 2000.
• Busan – named Dongrae until 1910, during 6·25 War was the temporary capital. 1920 renamed to Busan.
• Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany, was Karl-Marx-Stadt between 1953 and 1990.
• Chennai (fourth largest city of India) – from Madras in October 1996.
• Cobh, Ireland – formerly known as Queenstown
• Dhaka (capital of Bangladesh) – previously Dacca
• Daegu – formerly Dalgubeol
• Dún Laoghaire, Ireland – formerly known as Kingstown
• Faisalabad was known as Lyallpur in Pakistan (then under British Raj)
• Gdańsk, Poland - known as Danzig when Free City and part of Germany.
• Guangzhou – formerly known in English as Canton.
• Harare – Salisbury until 1982. Other place names in Zimbabwe also changed.
• Heraklion in Crete, Greece: Its ancient name was Heraklion. After the Arab conquest in 824 it was named "Handaq" (The Moat) from which derived the Greek name "Chandax" in Byzantine times (961-1204) and later the Italian "Candia" during the Venetian period (1212-1669) when Candia eventually became the name of the whole island of Crete. In Turkish times (1669-1898) it was called "Kandiye" by the Ottomans but from the locals "Megalo Kastro" (Great Castle) or simply "Kastro". During the time of the autonomous Cretan State (1898-1913) scholars proposed to reuse the ancient name "Heraklion" which eventually was accepted by the locals.
• Ho Chi Minh City – formerly Saigon, changed in 1975 after the fall of South Vietnam
• İstanbul since 28 March 1930 – formerly Byzantium (under Greek rule) then Constantinople (under Roman and Ottoman rule); the latter name change inspired the popular song "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
• Jakarta, – formerly Batavia and Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta.
• Kaliningrad from Königsberg in 1945
• Kanpur, India – formerly known as Cawnpore
• Katowice in Silesia, Poland was Stalinogród between 1953 and 1956
• Kimchaek in North Korea, formerly known as Songjin. Renamed during the Korean War after the chief of staff of the North Korean army killed during the war.
• Kinshasa – formerly Leopoldville, changed in 1960 after independence
• Kitchener, Ontario was known as Berlin until 1916.
• Kolkata – from Calcutta in January 2001 by the Left Front government in order to be phonetically closer to the Bengali version
• Kota Kinabalu from Jesselton in 1968
• Kollam – formerly Quilon.
• Lake Station, Indiana, from East Gary, to disassociate itself from the adjacent city of Gary.
• Lüshun – formerly Port Arthur in English, or Ryojun during the Japanese occupation in 1930s and 40s.
• Malabo – formerly Santa Isabel
• Maputo – formerly Lourenço Marques
• Mumbai – from Bombay in December 1995
• New York was once New Amsterdam (see History of New York)
• Nizhny Novgorod was Gorky during the Soviet Union.
• Oslo - known as Kristiania before 1925 (spelled Christiania before 1877)
• Podgorica, known as Titograd 1945-1992
• Polokwane, changed from Pietersburg in 2003, along with some other towns
• Port Klang, changed from Port Swettenham, the port of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Pretoria to Tshwane – set to be changed to sound more African with local government approval in 2005 but yet to be ratified by the central government [1]
• Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic was renamed to Ciudad Trujillo in a drive of personality cult around the president Rafael Leónidas Trujillo that also affected Pico Trujillo and other Dominican features.
• Seoul – formerly Hanyang (in 1392), then Hanseong (in 1395), Gyeongseong (in 1914) and renamed Seoul in 1946.
• Shenyang – formerly Mukden, Fengtian (奉天) or Shengjing (盛京).
• St Petersburg – originally St Petersburg (in 1703), then Petrograd (in 1914), Leningrad (in 1924) and back to St Petersburg in 1991
• Tel Aviv-Yafo- Renamed Tel Aviv from Ahuzat Bayit. Renamed to Tel Aviv-Yafo in 1950 after the annex of Yafo.
• Thiruvananthapuram – formerly Trivandrum.
• Tokyo – formerly Edo, until it became the capital of Japan in 1868
• Toronto – known as York at the time of the War of 1812
• Tver – known as Kalinin from 1931 to 1990
• Ürümqi – formerly known as Dihua, which means "to enlighten" in Chinese. In 1954, renamed to Ürümqi, which means "beautiful pasture" in Dzungar Mongol
• Varanasi, known as Benares
• Veles, known as Titov Veles between 1945 and 1991.
• Volgograd – originally Tsaritsyn, Stalingrad between 1925 and 1961.
• Wrocław– in German Breslau, when part of Germany, until 1945.
• Yangon– in 1988, back to this original name after a period 1852 - 1988, when known as Rangoon. Still known as 'Rangoon' in many English-speaking countries
• Yekaterinburg was known as Sverdlovsk in the Soviet Union (the name of the city's railway station remains unchanged as Sverdlovsk)

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Changes resulting from splits and mergers

• Czechoslovakia separated into the Czech Republic and Slovakia
• Yugoslavia ("Land of the South Slavs"), originally Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, was created by joining various regions (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro) got its name in 1929 and then split in the said several different states in the years 1992-2006.
• Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined to become Tanzania
• Egypt and Syria were briefly joined as the United Arab Republic
• Various places split with compass directions, such as North and South Dakota, West Virginia and Virginia, North and South Yemen, North and South Korea, East and West Germany, et al., as well as the reunification of some of these places (Vietnam, Germany, Yemen, et al).

Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, Југославија in Cyrillic; English: South Slavia, or literary The Land of South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... This article is about the country in Europe. ... Flag of Deutsch-Ostafrika (1885-1919) Flag of Tanganyika (1919-1961) Flag of the Republic of Tanganyika 1962–64 Tanganyika is the name of an East African territory lying between the largest of the African great lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika, after which it was named. ... Map of Zanzibars main island Zanzibar is part of Tanzania Coordinates: , Country Tanzania Islands Unguja and Pemba Capital Zanzibar City Settled AD 1000 Government  - Type semi-autonomous part of Tanzania  - President Amani Abeid Karume Area  - Both Islands  637 sq mi (1,651 km²) Population (2004)  - Both Islands 1,070... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Area  Ranked 19th  - Total 70,762 sq mi (183,272 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 340 miles (545 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Area  Ranked 17th  - Total 77,116[1] sq mi (199,905 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 380 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Largest metro area Charleston metro area Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... North Yemen is a term currently used to designate both the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1990) and its predecessor, the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918-1962), that exercised sovereignty over the territory that is now the northern part of the state of Yemen in southern Arabia. ... Capital Aden Language(s) Arabic Government Socialist republic President Sam Hazlewood al-Attas Prime Minister Yasin Said Numan Historical era Cold War  - Independence November 30, 1967  - UN membership December 14, 1967  - Constitution October 31, 1978  - Reunification May 22, 1990 Area  - 1990 332,970 km² Population  - 1990 est. ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ... This article is about the state which existed from 1949 to 1990. ...

Unusual name changes

• Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, changed from the name "Hot Springs" in 1950 when Truth or Consequences host Ralph Edwards announced that he would do the show from the first town that renamed itself after the popular radio programme.
• Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, formerly Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk, negotiated a deal with the heirs of athlete Jim Thorpe to become the site of his tomb in a bid to increase tourism.
• Ismay, Montana, unofficially took the name of "Joe, Montana", after the NFL quarterback Joe Montana, as part of a 1993 publicity stunt
• Clark, Texas, renamed itself "DISH" after the EchoStar Communications' Dish Network – all 55 households in the town are given free satellite television for 10 years
• Buffalo, Texas, temporarily renamed itself "Blue Star, Texas" in 1993 and 1994 when the Dallas Cowboys faced the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl, and later renamed itself "Green Star, Texas" in 1999 when the Dallas Stars faced the Buffalo Sabres in the Stanley Cup Finals (Buffalo is approximately 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Dallas; in all three instances the supportive name change proved successful for the Dallas-area team)
• Halfway, Oregon, became the first place to accept the money from a dot-com to change its name to match the web site "Half.com"
• Santa, Idaho, a hamlet with a population of 115 became "secretsanta.com" on 9 December 2005 [2]
• Pippa Passes, Kentucky, originally Caney Creek but renamed after the Robert Browning poem Pippa Passes through the influence of Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd, founder of Alice Lloyd College.
• Washington, Pennsylvania, temporarily renamed itself "Steeler" when the Pittsburgh Steelers made it to the Super Bowl in 2006. [3]
• Eastpointe, Michigan, incorporated as the village of Halfway in December 1924 and reincorporated as the City of East Detroit in January 1929. The city changed its name to "Eastpointe" after a vote in 1992; the name change had been proposed to reduce its association with the adjacent city of Detroit (a move that offended many Detroit residents), and the "-pointe" is intended to associate the city with the exclusive communities of the Grosse Pointes. The school district that serves most of the city was unaffected by the municipal name change, and still uses the name East Detroit Public Schools. In fact, the local high school is East Detroit High School.
• Sleepy Hollow, New York, renamed from North Tarrytown in 1997 in honor of the Washington Irving short story.
• On June 4th-9th of each year, Dublin, Texas changes its name (and even its road signs) to Dr Pepper, Texas, to commemorate the 'birthday' of the first Dr Pepper Bottling Plant, which is located there.
• The Chilean Robinson Crusoe Island, renamed from "Más a Tierra" in 1966.
• The Spanish village Asquerosa (in Spanish, 'filthy') was renamed as Valderrubio (Pinos Puente municipality) in 1943.

Truth or Consequences is a spa city in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. ... Action Comics #127 (December 1948), featuring Superman appearing on the show with Ralph Edwards Truth or Consequences was an American quiz show, originally hosted on radio by Ralph Edwards from 1940 to 1957, and later on television by Edwards himself from 1950 to 1951, Jack Bailey from 1954 to 1955... Ralph Livingstone Edwards (January 13, 1913 – November 16, 2005) was a television host and producer. ... Jim Thorpe is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... For other uses, see Jim Thorpe (disambiguation). ... For the New York prison see The Tombs. ... Ismay is a town located in Custer County, Montana. ... NFL redirects here. ... Joseph Clifford Joe Montana, Jr. ... DISH is a town located in Denton County, Texas. ... EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is the parent company of DISH Network and the maintainer of the satellite fleet that provides the signal that DISH Network markets. ... DISH Network is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television and audio programming to households and businesses in the United States, owned by parent company EchoStar Communications Corporation. ... Buffalo is a city located in Leon County, Texas. ... City Irving, Texas Other nicknames Americas Team, The Boys, The Pokes Team colors White, Silver, Silver-Green, Royal Blue, Navy Blue Head Coach Wade Phillips Owner Jerry Jones General manager Jerry Jones League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1960–present) Western Conference (1960) Eastern Conference (1961-1969) Capitol Division... For other uses, see Buffalo Bills (disambiguation). ... The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ... The Dallas Stars are a professional mens ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. ... The Buffalo Sabres is the best professional ice hockey team around. ... Image:Stanleycuptrophy. ... Dallas redirects here. ... Halfway is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States. ... Dot-com redirects here. ... A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ... Half. ... For other uses, see Idaho (disambiguation). ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pippa Passes is a city located in Knott County, Kentucky. ... Robert Browning (May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889) was a British poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. ... Pippa Passes was a dramatic piece, as much play as poetry, by Robert Browning published in 1841 as the first volume of his Bells and Pomegranates series. ... Alice Lloyd College is a four-year liberal arts work college in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. ... Washington is a city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Steelers redirects here. ... The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ... Date February 5, 2006 Stadium Ford Field City Detroit, Michigan MVP Hines Ward, wide receiver Favorite Steelers by 4 National anthem Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin and Dr. John, ASL performed by Angela LaGuardia Coin toss Tom Brady Referee Bill Leavy Halftime show The Rolling Stones Attendance 68,206 TV in... Eastpointe (formerly East Detroit) is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... The Grosse Pointe Yacht Club St. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Sleepy Hollow is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. ... Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ... The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ... Dublin is a city in Erath County, Texas, United States. ... Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink marketed in North America and South America by Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (CSAB), a unit of Cadbury Schweppes. ... Town San Juan Bautista, Robinson Crusoe, Cumberland Bay A fisherman with 2 Lobsters Robinson Crusoe Island, located in the Juan Fernández archipelago, which is situated in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, 674 kilometres from the South American continent. ... Country Province Municipality Pinos Puente Area  - City 99 km²  (38. ...

See also

• Exonym and endonym
• List of city name changes
• List of administrative division name changes
• United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
• United States Board on Geographic Names
• Geographic Names Information System
• Toponomy
• List of places
• Street sign theft
• List of city name changes in Russia and Soviet Union
• List of double placenames
• Africanization
• South African Geographical Names Council

An exonym is a name for a place that is not used within that place by the local inhabitants (neither in the official language of the state nor in local languages[1]), or a name for a people or language that is not used by the people or language to... This is a list of cities which changed their name over the course of history. ... The United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names takes place every five years at United Nations Headquarters in New York. ... The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is an American federal body whose purpose is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the U.S. government. ... GNIS (The Geographic Names Information System) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. ... Toponomy is the study of place-names. ... Since there are way too many places on Earth to list on one page, go to a more specific list below. ... A sticker on the back of this Illinois street sign is intended to deter theft. ... An especially large number of cities and towns were renamed in Russia after the October Revolution. ... Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituent geopolitical entities. ... Africanization, as used in this article, refers to the modification of place names or personal names to better reflect an African identity. ... The South African Geographical Names Council is the official government body of South Africa that advises the executive branch of the central government (in the form of the Minister of Arts and Culture) on new geographical names as well as the changing of existing geographical names. ...

References

• Branford, Becky (26 May 2005). "City names mark changing times" at BBC News. Accessed 26 November 2005.

is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC News is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporations news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Name Changes Since 1990: Countries, Cities, and More at Mapping.com