cityNowKnownAs

P22915
predicate

Indicates that a city has changed its name and specifies the new name it is currently known by.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
nowKnownAs 98
cityNowKnownAs canonical 13
modernNameOfTown 8

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: cityNowKnownAs
Generated description
Indicates that a city has changed its name and specifies the new name it is currently known by.

Sample triples (149)

Subject Object
church in Smyrna İzmir ⓘ
linked to: Izmir
Petsamo, Finland Pechenga via predicate surface "currentNameOfArea" ⓘ
Treaty of Breslau Wrocław ⓘ
Gleiwitz radio station Gliwice via predicate surface "currentNameOfTown" ⓘ
Direct Action Day Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
Mukden Incident Shenyang ⓘ
University of Breslau Wrocław ⓘ
Dniprodzerzhynsk Metallurgical Technicum Kamianske via predicate surface "currentNameOfCity" ⓘ
Blackwell's Island Roosevelt Island via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
South Danvers Peabody, Massachusetts via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Temple of Juno Caelestis Dougga via predicate surface "modernNameOfCity" ⓘ
linked to: Dougga / Thugga
Lourenço Marques Maputo via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Pavlov's House Volgograd via predicate surface "currentNameOfCity" ⓘ
Bhagyanagar Hyderabad via predicate surface "presentNameOfCity" ⓘ
Cassander of Macedon Therma to Thessalonica via predicate surface "renamedCity" ⓘ
Memel offensive Klaipėda ⓘ
King Street (Boston)
linked to: King Street
State Street (Boston) via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
linked to: State Street
Monastery of St. Mamas in Constantinople Istanbul ⓘ
Battle of Danzig (1945) Gdańsk via predicate surface "modernNameOfCity" ⓘ
Ordzhonikidze Vladikavkaz via predicate surface "currentNameOfCity" ⓘ
Chemulpo Incheon via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Fort Sandeman Zhob via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Pishpek Bishkek via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Chuquisaca Sucre via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Nazareth Illit Nof HaGalil via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Berlin, Ontario, Canada Kitchener, Ontario, Canada via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener
Traktor Stalingrad Volgograd via predicate surface "cityRenamedTo" ⓘ
Elsinore Lake Elsinore via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Texas Western College University of Texas at El Paso via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Madras (Lok Sabha) Chennai ⓘ
Allahabad Address Prayagraj via predicate surface "cityNowCalled" ⓘ
linked to: Allahabad
Enkeldoorn Chivhu via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Valladolid, New Spain Morelia via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Salisbury Sports Club Harare via predicate surface "cityRenamedTo" ⓘ
Nandod Rajpipla via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Hopewell Paris, Kentucky via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Novonikolaevsk Novosibirsk via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Haifa–Lydda–Jerusalem line Lod via predicate surface "modernNameOfCityOnRoute" ⓘ
Battle for Tsaritsyn Volgograd via predicate surface "placeCurrentlyKnownAs" ⓘ
Königsboden
linked to: Königsboden (Royal Land)
Hermannstadt – Sibiu via predicate surface "modernNameOfTown" ⓘ
linked to: Sibiu, Romania
Königsboden
linked to: Königsboden (Royal Land)
Kronstadt – Brașov via predicate surface "modernNameOfTown" ⓘ
linked to: Brașov
Königsboden
linked to: Königsboden (Royal Land)
Schäßburg – Sighișoara via predicate surface "modernNameOfTown" ⓘ
linked to: Sighișoara
Königsboden
linked to: Königsboden (Royal Land)
Mediasch – Mediaș via predicate surface "modernNameOfTown" ⓘ
Königsboden
linked to: Königsboden (Royal Land)
Mühlbach – Sebeș via predicate surface "modernNameOfTown" ⓘ
Königsboden
linked to: Königsboden (Royal Land)
Reps – Rupea via predicate surface "modernNameOfTown" ⓘ
Königsboden
linked to: Königsboden (Royal Land)
Fogarasch – Făgăraș via predicate surface "modernNameOfTown" ⓘ
linked to: Făgăraș
Königsboden
linked to: Königsboden (Royal Land)
Bistritz – Bistrița via predicate surface "modernNameOfTown" ⓘ
linked to: Bistrița (Romania)
Tselinograd Astana via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
Tselinograd Nur-Sultan via predicate surface "nowKnownAs" ⓘ
linked to: Astana–Almaty
Mukden Arsenal Shenyang ⓘ