formerNameOfCapital

P49652
predicate

Indicates that one entity was the previous official name of a capital city before it was renamed.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
historicalNameOfCapital 7
capitalFormerName 3
formerNameOfCapital canonical 2

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: formerNameOfCapital
Generated description
Indicates that one entity was the previous official name of a capital city before it was renamed.

Sample triples (17)

Subject Object
Brunei British protectorate Brunei Town ⓘ
linked to: Bandar Seri Begawan
Kaliningrad Oblast Königsberg ⓘ
Strawbery Banke Portsmouth, New Hampshire via predicate surface "originalSettlementNameOf" ⓘ
Ghor Province Chaghcharan via predicate surface "capitalFormerName" ⓘ
Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk via predicate surface "previousNameOfCapital" ⓘ
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Nanjing via predicate surface "capitalFormerName" ⓘ
First Chadian Civil War Fort-Lamy via predicate surface "previousNameOfCapitalDuringConflict" ⓘ
Moxico Province Luso via predicate surface "capitalFormerName" ⓘ
Regierungsbezirk Hohensalza Hohensalza via predicate surface "historicalNameOfCapital" ⓘ
Pressburg County Pressburg via predicate surface "historicalNameOfCapital" ⓘ
linked to: Pozsony
Pressburg County Pozsony via predicate surface "historicalNameOfCapital" ⓘ
Pressburg County Prešporok via predicate surface "historicalNameOfCapital" ⓘ
Astana–Almaty Astana via predicate surface "capitalCityFormerName" ⓘ
Fengtian Province Mukden via predicate surface "historicalNameOfCapital" ⓘ
linked to: Shenyang
Fengtian Province Shenyang via predicate surface "historicalNameOfCapital" ⓘ
Duchy of Jägerndorf Jägerndorf via predicate surface "historicalNameOfCapital" ⓘ
Luso Luena via predicate surface "isFormerNameOfProvincialCapital" ⓘ