Former Names of Places

Name the Former names of these different Cities

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Place (Modern Name)	Answer
York (Roman)	Eboracum
York (Anglo-Saxon)	Eoforwic
York (Viking)	Yorvik
Beijing (English)	Peking
Podgorica	Titograd
London	Londinium
Saint Petersburg	Leningrad
Volgograd	Stalingrad
Kaliningrad	Koningsberg
Mumbai	Bombay
New York City (Dutch)	New Amsterdam
Chennai	Madras
Istanbul	Constantinople
Kolkata	Calcutta
Sydney	Botany Bay
Jakarta	Batavia
Harare	Salisbury
Ankara	Angora
Sarov	Kremlyov
Tyver	Kalinin
Ulan-Ude	Verhneudinsk
Gorno-Altalsk	Oyrot-Tura
Perth, Australia	Swan River
Yangon	Rangoon
Ho Chi Minh City	Saigon
Weihai	Weihaiwei
Rjeka	Fiume
Gdansk	Danzig
Lviv	Lemburg
Ljubljana	Laibach
Bratislava	Pressburg
Nur-Sultan (1998)	Astana

Place (Modern Name)	Answer
Gqeberha	Port Elizabeth
Nur-Sultan (1992)	Aqmola
Nur-Sultan (1961)	Tselinograd
Nur-Sultan (Before 1961)	Akmolinsk
Ghazni	Ghaznin
Ghazni (Ancient)	Alexandria in Opania
Kandahar	Alexandria Arachosia
Herat	Alexandria Ariana
Luanda	Loanda
Huambo	Nova Lisboa
Lubango	Sa da Bandeira
Mbanza Kongo	Sao Salvador
Cambridge (Roman)	Duroliponte
Cambridge (Anglo-Saxon)	Granta Bryg
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Monkchester
Cambridge (England)	Cantabrigia
Utqiagvik	Barrow
New York City (UK)	New York
New York	New Orange
Cincinnati	Losantville
Cleveland	Cleaveland
Austin	Waterloo
Beijing	Peiping
Beijing Mongol	Knanbalik
Beijing (First)	Ji
Beijing (Second)	Yanjing
Beijing (Third)	Zhongdu
Beijing (Fourth)	Dadu
Beijing (Fifth)	Jingshi
Podgorica (First)	Birziminium
Podgorica (Second)	Ribnica
Londonderry (This name is a name still used, but it is not an official name)	Derry

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