List of city name changes
This is a list of cities who changed their name over the course of history.
Canada
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
- Fort LaTour > Saint John
- Leger Corner > Dieppe
- Ste. Anne's Point > Fredericton
Nunavut
- Frobisher Bay > Iqaluit
Ontario
- Bytown > Ottawa
- Ebytown > Berlin > Kitchener
- Fort Frontenac > Kingston
- Newark > Niagra-on-the-Lake
- New Johnstown > Cornwall
- Shipman's Corners > St. Catharines
- Toronto > York > Toronto
Prince Edward Island
- Port la Joie > Charlottetwon
Québec
- Hochelaga > Ville Marie > Mount Royal > Montréal
- Stadacona > Québec City
Saskatchewan
- Pile of Bones > Regina
India
- Kolkata > Fort William > Calcutta > Kolkata
- Mumba > Boa Baia > Bombay > Mumbai
- Qila Rai Pithora > Siri > Tughluqabad > Jahanpanah > Kotla Firoz Shah > Purana Qila > Shahjahanabad > Delhi
Turkey
- Ancyra > Angora > Ankara
- Byzantium > Constantinople > Istanbul
United Kingdom
England
- Brycgstow > Bristol
- Dubris > Dover
- Efrawg > Eboracum/Eburacum > Eoferwic > Jorvik > York
- Londinium > Lundenwic > London
Northern Ireland
- Doire > Derry > Londonderry > Londonderry/Derry
Scotland
United States
New York
- New Amsterdam > New York