Names of cities and countries that have both changed (military, island)

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by cmptrwlt

Oslo (-1624) ---> Christiania/Kristiania ---> Oslo (1925 -)

But it's still Norway. Looking for names in which the country changes, too. Although, it was technically part of Sweden during some of those years.

Originally Posted by P47P47

Saigon, South Vietnam -----> Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Would quality as
Saigon, French Indo-China ==> Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Another one would be
Batavia, Dutch East Indies ==> Jakarta, Indonesia

One interesting one in the Danzig category:

Fiume, Hungary ==> Fiume, Italy ==> Rijeka, Yugoslavia ==> Rijeka, Croatia, all within the 20th century..

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by pch1013

Not countries, but:

York, Upper Canada --> Toronto, Ontario
Yerba Buena, Alta California --> San Francisco, California

^ Good one

New Spain/Mexico/USA

[Supine]

Bombay is now Mumbai.

[Chicagoist123]

Dearborn -> Chicago

[LindavG]

Rhodesia --> Zimbabwe
Burma --> Myanmar
Bechuanaland --> Botswana
Dutch East Indies --> Indonesia

The Netherlands has changed names many times: Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, United Provinces, Dutch Republic, Batavian Republic, Kingdom of Holland, United Kingdom of The Netherlands, Kingdom of The Netherlands, etc. And that's not counting unofficial names to refer to the region like Low Countries or Holland.

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Fiume, Hungary ==> Fiume, Italy ==> Rijeka, Yugoslavia ==> Rijeka, Croatia, all within the 20th century..

And another one:

Lwów, Poland --> Lemberg, Hapsburg Empire then Austria-Hungary --> Lwów, Poland --> L'vov, Ukrainian SSR --> Lviv, Ukraine.

[Gentoo]

Southwest Africa-------> Nimibia
Dutch Guiana----------> Suriname

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Chicagoist123

Dearborn -> Chicago

New York Alki-----> Seattle

[Chava61]

Here is a whole list of cities that have changed their names:
List of city name changes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[cmptrwlt]

Originally Posted by jtur88

But it's still Norway. Looking for names in which the country changes, too. Although, it was technically part of Sweden during some of those years.

Norway has only been a sovereign country for 108 years. It was under Danish rule for over 400 years.