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The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
These are the list of renamed places in the United States--- various political and physical entities in the U.S. that have had their names changed, though not by merger, split, or any other process which was not one-to-one. It also generally does not include differences due to a change in status, for example, a "River Bluff Recreation Area ...
New York – formerly New Amsterdam (see History of New York City) Nizhniy Novgorod was Gorkiy during the Soviet Union from 1932 to 1990. North Little Rock, Arkansas – formerly Argenta until 1917; Novohrad-Volynskyi known to 1796 as Zwiahel, or Zvyahel. Nuuk renamed from Godthåb in 1979, following the introduction of the Home Rule.
World War I: the Ontario city of Berlin was renamed Kitchener [12] and the Saskatchewan town of Strassburg was renamed Strasbourg. [13] Cold War: the Ontario Stalin Township was renamed by Ontario legislature in 1986 to Hansen Township. [13] [14] In 2025, many cafes begun renaming the "americano" as "canadiano". [15] [16] United States: World ...
First city founded by Europeans, although not continuously inhabited, in Puerto Rico. Abandoned in 1521 with the removal of the capital to San Juan. 1510 Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien: Urabá: Colombia First city founded by Europeans on the continent of South America. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colon: Panama
Oldest continuously occupied community in the US, [5] known today as Sky City 1325 Tenochtitlan: Distrito Federal: Mexico Present-day Mexico City: 1450 Taos Pueblo: New Mexico United States One of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States [citation needed] 1493 La Isabela: Puerto Plata: Dominican Republic
Throughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed. This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date.