List of city name changes
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This is a list of cities which changed their name over the course of history.
see also: Names of European cities in different languages.
[edit] Afghanistan
- Bactra → Balkh
[edit] Algeria
- Cirta → Constantine
- Hippo Regius → Bône → Annaba
[edit] Argentina
- La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata
[edit] Armenia
See List of renamed cities in Armenia
[edit] Australia
- Sturt → Alice Springs (NT)
- Mayday Hills → Beechworth (NSW)
- Emu Bay → Burnie (TAS)
- Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin (NT)
- Limestone Staion → Ipswich (QLD)
- Mobilong → Murray Bridge (SA)
- Currajong → Parkes (NSW)
- Belfast → Port Fairy (TAS)
- Hummock Hill → Whyalla (SA)
[edit] Azerbaijan
See List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan
[edit] Belarus
See List of renamed cities in Belarus
[edit] Belgium
- Aduatuca → Tongeren
- Bagacum → Bavai
- Cortoriacum → Kortrijk (Courtrai)
- Gandava → Ghent
- Orolaunum → Arlon
- Turnacum Nerviorum → Tournai is in Belgium
[edit] Bosnia and Hercegovina
- Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška → Bosanska Gradiška
- Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča
[edit] Brunei
- Brunei Town → Bandar Seri Begawan
[edit] Bulgaria
- Agatopolis → Ahtopol
- Ratiaria → Archar
- Scaphida → Pyrgos → Burgas
- Scaptopara → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
- Orhanie → Botevgrad
- Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev
- Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbuhin → Dobrich
- Diranava → Dryanovo
- Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa
- Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad
- Pautalia → Velbăzhd → Kyustendil
- Golyama Kutlovitsa → Ferdinant → Mihailovgrad → Montana
- Mesembria → Nesebăr
- Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik
- Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
- Philipopolis → Trimontium → Păldin/Pulpudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv
- Durostorum → Dorostol → Drăstăr → Silistra
- Kolarovgrad → Shumen
- Apolonia → Sozopolis → Sozopol
- Bashmakli → Smolyan
- Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofia
- Beroe → Verea → Boruy → Eski Zagra → Stara Zagora
- Eski Dzhumaia → Tărgovishte
- Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
- Odesos → Stalin → Varna
- Tărnovgrad → Veliko Tărnovo
- Bononia → Bdin → Vidin
- Vratitsa → Vratsa
[edit] Canada
[edit] British Columbia
[edit] Manitoba
- Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill
[edit] New Brunswick
- Fort LaTour → Saint John
- Léger Corner → Dieppe
- Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton
[edit] Nunavut
- Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit
[edit] Ontario
- Bytown → Ottawa
- Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener (see Berlin to Kitchener name change)
- Fort Frontenac → Kingston
- Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake
- New Johnstown → Cornwall
- Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury
- Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines
- Toronto → York → Toronto
[edit] Prince Edward Island
- Port la Joie → Charlottetown
[edit] Québec
- Hochelaga → Ville Marie → Mount Royal → Montréal
- Stadacona → Québec City
- Hull → Gatineau
[edit] Saskatchewan
- Pile o' Bones → Regina
[edit] China
- Amoy → Xiamen
- Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Beijing (aka Peking) → Beiping (aka Peiping) → Beijing
- Canton → Guangzhou
- Chang'an → Xi'an
- Jinling → Nanjing
- Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
- Lin'an → Hangzhou
- Yinxu → Anyang
- Tan-tung → Andong → Dandong
- Shenyang → Shengjiang → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
- Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian
[edit] Congo, Democratic Republic (Belgian Kongo, Zaire)
A number of places became cities under a Belgian colonial name, or rather two: in Dutch and French (the Belgian official languages), but were later renamed, such as:
- Albertstad = Albertville → Kalemie
- Coquilhatstad = Coquihatville → Mbandaka
- Costermansstad = Costermansville → Bukavu
- Elisabethstad = Elisabethville → Lubumbashi
- Jadotstad = Jadotville → Likasi
- Leopoldstad = Léopoldville → Kinshasa
- Port Franqui → Ilebo
- Stanleystad = Stanleyville → Kisangani
[edit] Croatia
- Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb
- Sankt Veit am Fluß → Fiume → Rijeka
- Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar
- Mursa → Essegg, Eszek → Osijek
- Ragusa → Dubrovnik
- Spalatum → Spalato → Spljet → Split
[edit] Czech Republic
- Německý Brod → Havlíčkův Brod
- Zlín → Gottwaldov → Zlín
[edit] Egypt
Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names
[edit] Estonia
See List of renamed cities in Estonia
[edit] Finland
- Helsingfors → Helsinki
[edit] France
Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin
- Agedincum → Sens
- Aginnum → Agen
- Andemantunum → Langres
- Antipolis → Antibes
- Aquae Sextiae → Aix-en-Provence
- Arausio → Orange
- Arelate → Arles
- Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
- Augustobona → Troyes
- Augustodunum → Autun
- Augustodurum → Bayeux
- Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
- Autessiodurum → Auxerre
- Autricum → Carnotum → Chartres
- Avaricum → Bourges
- Avennio → Avignon
- Burdigala → Bordeaux
- Caesarodunum → Tours
- Carcaso → Carcassonne
- Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans
- Cularo → Gratianopolis → Grenoble
- Divodurum → Metz
- Divona → Cahors
- Durocortorum → Reims
- Elimberris → Auch
- Forum Iulii → Fréjus
- Gesocribate → Brest
- Gesoriacum → Bononia → Bonen (aan zee)/ Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Iluro → Oléron
- Iuliomagus → Angers
- Lapurdum → Bayonne
- Limonum → Poitiers
- Lugdunum → Lyon
- Lutetia → Paris
- Massilia → Marseille
- Matisco → Macon
- Mediolanium → Saintes
- Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
- Metis → Metz
- Narbo Martius → Narbonne
- Nemausus → Nîmes
- Nemetacum → Arras
- Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
- Portus Namnetum → Nantes
- Rotomagus → Rouan
- Samarobriva → Amiens
- Segodunum → Rodez
- Senones → Sens
- Tolosa → Toulouse
- Valentia → Valence
- Vesontio → Besançon
- Vienna → Vienne
[edit] Germany
- Aquisgranum → Aix-la-Chapelle → Aachen
- Augusta Treverorum → Trier
- Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
- Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
- Batavis → Passau
- Bona → Bonn
- Castellum apud Confluentes → Koblenz
- Castra Regina → Regensburg
- Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt → Chemnitz
- Colonia Agrippina → Cologne (Köln)
- Colonia Nemetum → Speyer
- Constantia → Konstanz
- Fürstenberg (Oder) → Stalinstadt → Eisenhüttenstadt
- Moguntiacum → Mainz
- Sorviodurum → Straubing
[edit] Greece
[edit] Georgia
See List of renamed cities in Georgia
[edit] Hungary
- Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1949) → Dunaújváros (1961)
- Tiszaszederkény → Leninváros (1970) → Tiszaújváros (1990)
[edit] India
- Madras → Chennai (changed August 1996)
- Fort William → Calcutta → Kolkata (changed January 2001)
- Mumba → Boa Baia → Bombay → Mumbai (changed 1995 or 1996)
- New Bombay → Navi Mumbai
- Baroda → Vadodra
- Pataliputra → Patna
- Pondicherry → Puduchery
- Poona → Pune
- Qila Rai Pithora → Siri → Tughluqabad → Jahanpanah → Kotla Firoz Shah → Purana Qila → Shahjahanabad → Delhi
- Trivandrum → Thiruvananthapuram
- Quilon → Kollam
- Aleppey → Alappuzha
- Cochin → Kochi
- Calicut → Kozhikode
- Palghat → Palakkad
- Thrishivaperur → Trichur → Thrissur
- Cannanore → Kannur
- Indravati → Umravti → Amravati
[edit] Indonesia
- Bangkahulu → Bencoolen → Bengkulu
- Buitenzorg → Bogor
- Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru → Sukarnopura → Jayapura
- Kalapa → Jayakarta → Batavia → Jakarta
- Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar
- Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung
- Aceh → Kotaraja → Banda Aceh
[edit] Iran
[edit] Ireland
During the British occupation, many town names in Ireland were changed. These reverted to their Irish originals following independence.
- Mostrim → Edgeworthstown
- Dun Leary → Kingstown → Dún Laoghaire
- Daingean → Philipstown → Daingean
- Port Laoighise → Maryborough → Portlaoise
- Cove → Queenstown → Cobh
- Dingle → An Daingean [Uí Chúis]
[edit] Israel
- Acre → Ptolemais → Acre → Akko/Akka
- Yvus → Yerushalayim → Ilea Capitolina → Al-Quds → Yerushalayim/Al-Quds (Jerusalem)
- Ashkelon → Ascalon (Majdal) → Ashqelon
- Joppa → Jaffa → Tel Aviv-Yafo
- Raanania→ Ra'anana
[edit] Italy
From history, most Italian cities have Latin names, some have Greek or Etruscan names.
- Acragas → Agrigentum → Agrigento
- Beneventum → Benevento
- Bozen; Bolzano
- Felsina → Bononia → Bologna
- Brundisium → Brindisi
- Carales → Cagliari
- Crotona → Crotone
- Florentia → Florence (Firenze)
- Genua → Genoa (Genova)
- Lavinium → Lavinio
- Mediolanum → Milan (Milano)
- Messana → Messina
- Mutina → Modena
- Neapolis → Napolis → Naples (Napoli)
- Panormus → Palermo
- Pisae → Pisa
- Rhegium → Reggio di Calabria
- Rome → Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana → Rome (Roma)
- Syracuse → Siracusa
- Taras → Tarentum → Taranto
[edit] Japan
[edit] Kazakhstan
See List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan
[edit] Korea
- Hanseong → Gyeongseong → Keijo → Seoul
- Wonsanjin → Gensan → Wonsan
- Pusan → Fusan → Pusan → Busan
- Sinuiju → Shingeishu → Sinuiju → Sineuiju
- Wanggŏmsŏng → Sŏgyŏng → Ryugyŏng; Kisŏng; Hwangsŏng; Rangrang; Sŏgyŏng; Sŏdo; Hogyŏng; Changan → Heijo → Pyongyang → Pyeongyang
- Dalgubeol → Taegu → Daegu
- Hanbot → Taejon → Daejeon
- Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju
[edit] Kyrgyzstan
See List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan
[edit] Lebanon
[edit] Lithuania
See List of renamed cities in Lithuania
[edit] Libya
- Oea → Tripoli
[edit] Malaysia
- Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu
- Port Swettenham → Port Klang
[edit] Morocco
- Tingis → Tangier
[edit] Mozambique
- Lourenço Marques → Maputo
[edit] Myanmar
- Akyab → Sittwe
- Amherst → Kyaikkame
- Bassein → Pathein
- Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin
- Moulmien → Mawlamyine
- Myohaung → Mrauk U
- Pagan → Bagan
- Pegu → Bago
- Prome → Pyay
- Dagon → Rangoon → Yangon
- Sandoway → Thandwe
- Syriam → Thanlyin
- Tavoy → Dawei
- Yaunghwe → Nyaung Shwe
[edit] Netherlands
- Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nijmegen
- Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
- Traiectum Eriditum → Utrecht
[edit] Norway
- Oslo → Christiania → Kristiania →Oslo
- Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
- Fredrikshald → Halden
[edit] Paraguay
- Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner → Ciudad del Este
- Ajos → Coronel Oviedo
[edit] Poland
- Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
- Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
- Barcino → Barcin
- Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk → Barczewo
- Brido → Wartha → Bardo
- Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
- Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
- Barwica → Bärwalde → Barwice
- Biała → Zülz → Biała
- Gajle → Biała → Gehlen → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska
- Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
- Biały Bór → Baldenburg → Biały Bór
- Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
- Biała → Langenbielau → Bielawa
- Lignica → Fürstenwald → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów
- Bischofsburg → Biskupiec
- Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek
- Błaszkowice → Błaszki
- Richnow → Reichenau → Rychwałd → Bogatynia
- Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo
- Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo
- Brwinowo → Brwinów
- Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg → Brzeg
- Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny
- Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
- Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz
- Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
- Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder → Białobrzezie → Bytom Odrzański
- Łoza → Kulmsee → Chełmża
- Freienwalde → Chociwel
- Konice → Konigesberge → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna
- Chorzów → Königshütte → Chorzów
- Arnswalde → Choszczno
- Tempelburg → Czaplinek
- Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne
- Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk
- Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg → Christburg → Dzierzgoń
- Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów
- Łęg → Lyck → Ełk
- Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia
- Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko
- Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski
- Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra
- Katowice → Stalinogród → Katowice
- Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
- Lignica → Liegnitz → Legnica
- Łódź → Litzmannstadt → Łódź
- Sensburg → Mrągowo
- Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
- Margrabowa → Treuburg → Olecko
- Pazluk → Hollandt → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk
- Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
- Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno
- Pisz → Johannisburg → Pisz
- Słupsk → Stolp → Słupsk
- Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno
- Waldenburg → Wałbrzych
- Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt → Wejherowo → Neustadt → Wejherowo
- Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
- Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek
- Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau → Breslau → Wrocław
- Zabrze → Hindenburg → Zabrze
- Zielona Góra → Grünberg → Zielona Góra
[edit] Portugal
- Aeminium → Coimbra
- Bracara Augusta → Braga
- Conimbriga → Condeixa-a-Nova
- Iebora → Évora
- Olisipo → Al-Usbuna → Lisbon (Lisboa)
- Pax Iulia → Beja
- Portus Cale → Porto (Oporto)
- Sheberina → Serpa
- Sintara → Sintra
[edit] Romania
- Axiopolis → Cernavodă
- Abruttus → Abrud
- Ad Mediam → Băile Herculane
- Aegyssus → Tulcea
- Ampelum → Zlatna
- Apulum → Bălgrad → Gyulafehérvár → Alba Iulia
- Arrubium → Măcin
- Braşov → Oraşul Stalin → Braşov
- Bucureşci → Bucureşti (Bucharest)
- Calatis → Mangalia
- Carsium → Hârşova
- Cibinum → Hermannstadt → Nagyszeben → Sibiu
- Dierna → Orşova
- Jassy → Iaşi
- Marosvásárhely → Târgu Mureş
- Napoca → Klausenburg → Kolozsvár → Cluj → Cluj-Napoca
- Noviodunum → Isaccea
- Porolissum → Zalău
- Potaissa → Turda
- Temesvár → Timişoara
- Tomis → Constanţa
- Drobeta → Turnu Severin → Drobeta-Turnu Severin
[edit] Russia
See List of renamed cities and towns in Russia
[edit] Serbia
- Cattaro → Kotor
- Naissus → Niš
- Singidunum → Beograd
- Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica
[edit] Singapore
- Temasek → Singapore
[edit] Slovakia
- Kaschau → Kosice
- Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava
[edit] Slovenia
[edit] South Africa
- Pietersburg → Polokwane
- Potgietersrus → Makupane
- Ellisrus → Lephalale
- Louis Trichart → Makhado
- Messina → Musina
- Phalaborwa → BaPhalaborwa
[edit] Spain
- Abula → Ávila
- Acci → Guadix
- Aurasiola → Orihuela
- Augusta Emerita → Mérida
- Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
- Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña → A Coruña
- Caesaraugusta → Saraqusta → Zaragoza
- Carthago Nova → Cartagena
- Colonia Caecilia Metellinum → Medellín
- Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Isbilia → Seville (Sevilla)
- Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
- Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Córdoba
- Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
- Dertosa → Tortosa
- Dianinum → Denia
- Egara → Tarrasa → Terrassa
- Gades → Cádiz
- Gerunda → Gerona → Girona
- Ilerda → Lérida → Lleida
- Ilice → Elche
- Legio → León
- Lucentum → Laquant → Alicante
- Lucus Augusti → Lugo
- Malaca → Málaga
- Onuba → Huelva
- Pompaelo → Pamplona
- Saguntum → Sagunto
- Salamantica → Salamanca
- Tarraco → Tarraco nova → Tarragona
- Toletum → Toledo
[edit] Syria
[edit] Tajikistan
See List of renamed cities in Tajikistan
[edit] Turkey
Many cities were founded by the Ancient Greeks or their contemporaries, and renamed by the Romans, and later again by Muslim Turks
[edit] European (Eastern Thrace)
- Hadrianopolis/Adrianople → Edirne
- Byzantion → Byzantium → Constantinopolis/Constantinople → Istanbul
[edit] Anatolia (Asia Minor)
- Alexandretta → Iskenderun
- Amida → Diyarbakır
- Amisus → Samsun
- Ancyra → Angora → Ankara
- Antioceia -> Antiochia/Antioch → Antakya
- Archelais -> Aksaray
- Attalia → Attalea → Adalia → Antalya
- Bythinion/Bythinium → Claudiopolis → Bolu
- Chalkedon → Chalcedon
- Cius → Prusa → Bursa
- Dorylaeum -> Eskisehir
- Edessa → Sanli Urfa (Şanlıurfa)
- Ephesos → Ephesus -> Efes
- Halikarnassos → Halicarnassus → Bodrum
- Iconium → Konya
- Kyzikos → Cyzicus
- Magnesia → Manisa
- Mazaca → Caesarea Mazaca → Kayseri
- Melitene → Malatya
- Mylasa -> Milas
- Nikaia → Nicaea → İznik
- Nicomedia → İzmit/Kocaeli
- Pergamon → Pergamum → Bergama
- Sinope → Sinop
- Smyrna → İzmir
- Theodosiopolis → Erzurum
- Tralles → Aydin
- Trapezon → Trapezus → Trebizond → Trabzon
[edit] Turkmenistan
See List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan
[edit] Ukraine
See List of renamed cities in Ukraine
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] England
- Aquae Solis → Bath
- Brycgstow → Bristol
- Camulodunum → Colchester
- Cantiacorum → Durovurnum → Canterbury
- Deva → Caester → Chester
- Dubris → Dover
- Durnovaria → Dorchester
- Efrawg → Eboracum/Eburacum → Eoferwic → Jorvik → York
- Glevum → Gloucester
- Isca Dumnoniorum → Exeter
- Lindum → Lincoln
- Londinium → Lundenwic → Lundenburgh → London
- Luguvallium → Carlisle
- Pons Aelius → Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne
- Ratae Coritanorum → Kaerleir → Leicester
- Tigguo Cobauc → Snottingaham → Nottingham
[edit] Northern Ireland
- Doire → Derry → Londonderry → Londonderry/Derry
[edit] Scotland
[edit] United States
- Alburquerque → Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Cleaveland → Cleveland, Ohio
- Cowford → Jacksonville, Florida
- Dearborn → Chicago, Illinois
- East Detroit → Eastpointe, Michigan
- Fort Duquesne → Fort Pitt → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany, New York
- Gay Head, Massachusetts → Aquinnah, Massachusetts
- Halfway, Oregon → Half.com, Oregon
- Hot Springs, New Mexico → Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
- Jernigan → Orlando, Florida
- Losantisville → Cincinnati, Ohio
- Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania → Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
- New Amsterdam → New York, New York
- North Tarrytown, New York → Sleepy Hollow, New York
- Pig's Eye → St. Paul, Minnesota
- Providence → Annapolis, Maryland
- Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix, Arizona
- Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta, Georgia
- Vermilionville → Lafayette, Louisiana
- Wintonbury → Bloomfield, Connecticut
- Yerba Buena → San Francisco, California
[edit] Uzbekistan
See List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan
[edit] Vietnam
- Tourane -> Đà Nẵng (Danang)
- Tống Bình → Long Đỗ → Đại La → Thăng Long → Đông Đô → Đông Kinh → Bắc Thành → Thăng Long → Hà Nội (Hanoi)
- Hai Pho → Faifo → Hội An (Hoi An)
- Prey Nokor → Gia Ðịnh → Saigon → Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)
- Phu Xuan → Huế (Hue)
- Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh → Vinh Thi → Vinh
[edit] Zimbabwe (former (Southern) Rhodesia)
- Enkeldoorn → Chivhu
- Essexvale → Esigodini
- Fort Victoria → Masvingo
- Gatooma → Kadoma
- Gwelo → Gweru
- Hartley → Chegutu
- Marandellas → Marondera
- Matopos → Matobo
- Melsetter → Chimanimani
- Que Que → Kwekwe
- Salisbury → Harare
- Selukwe → Shurugwi
- Shabani → Zvishavane
- Sinoia → Chinhoyi
- Umtali → Mutare
- Wankie → Hwange
[edit] Sources and References
(incomplete)
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia, so may be out of date, or reflect the point of view of the Catholic Church as of 1913. It should be edited to reflect broader and more recent perspectives.
- Westermann, Groβer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (in German)