What's in a name? Cities that outlived their original names
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Cities that outlived their original names
Astana is no more. The Kazakh capital didn’t vanish overnight, but its name has. The city is now called Nursultan in honor of the country’s longtime leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who announced on Tuesday he was stepping down after some 30 years in office. Cities are living, breathing entities in a constant state of transformation. They evolve and expand – and sometimes they grow into a new name. Here’s a quick quiz for travel pundits and hardcore trivia fans about cities around the globe whose initial names have long been erased off the map.
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Culture, cats and kebab are defining elements of Constantinople – a seaside trade hub that hasn’t been called as such since 1930 after it was renamed…
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Only a few years back, this city was known as Simao, but a light bulb moment rebranded the area to reflect its most prized produce.
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It’s hard to imagine that the quiet fishing village of Edo has evolved into the jungle of towering neon-lit skyscrapers that we know today as …
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Until 1982, booking a flight ticket to the city of Salisbury could have landed you in Africa. But where exactly?
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Unlike what the name suggests, the city of New Amsterdam is not anywhere close to the Dutch capital. In fact, it’s not even on the same continent. The name is the predecessor of …
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Some 8.2 million visitors flocked to Leningrad in 2018 – an all-time high. The city is famous for its architecture, craft beer and crisscrossing rivers, but what is it called today?
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