What major historical city (do you think) has had it's name changed the most?

[Squonk]

??--?> aramaic Orhai --> ??? --> grek Edessa --> arabic Ar-Ruha --> turkish Urfa --> turkish Sanliurfa

f.e.

 

[jeriko one]

Ancyra, Angora, Ankara might be an example.

Did Hadrianopolis have any other names than Edirne?

These are not exactly the same cities but still very close to each other 1-2 miles apart. Mazaka, Caesarea, Kayseri.

 

[Nobody]

st petersburg is mine, Leingrad, Petrograd and atleast one other grad i cant think of.

 

[Sheep]

I know this one wont win but Byzantine, Constantinople, Instanbul

St.Petersburg all happpened in the 20th century it would have to have some kind of prize for that.

 

[col]

Eboracum
Jorvik
York

was a city when London was a swamp.

 

[Rambuchan]

^ Tis true.

And the Romans were the ones who 'deswamped it' EDIT: 'bridged the swamp'. They built the first bridge over the Thames. It stood around where Westminster Bridge is now. The amazing fact here is that this was the only bridge for some 800-1000 years (sorry can't remember the exact dates) and stood for around that time. This is all from Peter Ackroyd's great 'Biography of London' - a great read!

 

[NKVD]

the winner have to be

Ust-Sheksna > Rybansk > Rybnaya Sloboda > Rybnoy > Rybinsk > Shcherbakov > Rybinsk > Andropov > Rybinsk

all those in less than 1000 years...more incredible in ''the Soviet years, Rybinsk continued its impressive record of renamings, for it changed its name four times: to Shcherbakov (after Aleksandr Shcherbakov) in 1946, back to Rybinsk in 1957, to Andropov (after Yuri Andropov) in 1984, and back to Rybinsk in 1989.''

but as a histotric city : Qila Rai Pithora → Siri → Tughluqabad → Jahanpanah → Kotla Firoz Shah → Purana Qila → Shahjahanabad → Delhi

funny too is

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

 

[jeriko one]

Kazakhstan`s capitals name changed many times in the last decade.

Alma-Ata----Almaty----Another one which I can not remember. I do not know what it is now.

 

[Squonk]

Ancyra, Angora, Ankara might be an example.

Did Hadrianopolis have any other names than Edirne?

These are not exactly the same cities but still very close to each other 1-2 miles apart. Mazaka, Caesarea, Kayseri.

And it was named both Caesarea Cappadocia (or whatever) and Caesarea Mazaca. It was part of states of armenian and grek languages, so pronounciations may be even different.

Yes, Edirne had another named before being named by Hadrian. The name started with O, but I'm not quit sure which letters came next

Oh, and Epidamnos-->Dyrrachium-->Dyrachion-->Dracz--??? in turkish-->Durres

 

[Bugfatty300]

Kalapa to Jayakarta to Batavia (Dutch control), back to Jayakarta (Japanese Control) and then simply Jakarta.

 

[sydhe]

jeriko one

Kazakhstan`s capitals name changed many times in the last decade.

Alma-Ata----Almaty----Another one which I can not remember. I do not know what it is now.

Almaty is still Almaty. It's no longer the capital city; it was moved to Aqmola in 1998 and that city was renamed Astana, which means, of all things, Capital City. Both cities have had several names

Zailyoty-->Vemy (or Vyemyi)-->Alma-Ata-->Almaty

Akmolinsk-->Tselinograd-->Aqmola-->Astana

 

[NKVD]

Almaty is still Almaty. It's no longer the capital city; it was moved to Aqmola in 1998 and that city was renamed Astana, which means, of all things, Capital City. Both cities have had several names

Zailyoty-->Vemy (or Vyemyi)-->Alma-Ata-->Almaty

Akmolinsk-->Tselinograd-->Aqmola-->Astana

I shall update my atlas I still have Alma Ata as capital and Tselinograd..thanks

 

[jeriko one]

Almaty is still Almaty. It's no longer the capital city; it was moved to Aqmola in 1998 and that city was renamed Astana, which means, of all things, Capital City. Both cities have had several names

Zailyoty-->Vemy (or Vyemyi)-->Alma-Ata-->Almaty

Akmolinsk-->Tselinograd-->Aqmola-->Astana

Thanks for the info. I was starting to get really confused about the name changes.

 

[Ribannah]

Aquincum
Ofen
Buda
Budapest

Budapest is the combination of the towns Buda and Pest.

 

[SoCalian]

how many times has new york been renamed? was it just once?

 

[Michiel de Ruyter]

how many times has new york been renamed? was it just once?

Nieuw Amsterdam - New York - Fort Oranje (very short) - New York

 

[SoCalian]

ok, I thought there was another one in there. I knew new Amsterdam, and New York.

 

[Xen]

I know this one wont win but Byzantine, Constantinople, Instanbul

Byzation(Greek)-Byzantium(Latin)-Nea/Nova Roma(Latin)-Constantinople(Latin)-Konstantinopolis(Greek)-Istanbul(Greek from "eis tin Poli" )

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

Wasn't Constantinople also called Augusta Antonina or something like that for a few years?

 

[Xen]

wouldnt be surprised, but I myself havent seen it before, so *I* cant comment on it.