List of historical common names

This is an incomplete list of historical common names. Names may have been changed because they were considered pejorative.

## Places

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Main article: Geographical renaming

### Istanbul

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* Constantinople

### Ho Chi Minh City

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* Saigon - pre-1976

### Mumbai

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Main article: Renaming of cities in India

* Bombay - pre-1995[1]

## Diseases and disabilities

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### Down syndrome

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* Mongolism

### Physically disabled

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* Crippled
* Handicapped

### Tuberculosis

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* Consumption - until 2000s
* Tuberculosis

## Peoples

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### Of African descent

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* Nigger
* Negro
* Coloured
* Black - still in use
* African-American - in the United States

### Indigenous peoples of North America

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* Indian - pre-1960s
* Native American - since 1960s
* Indigenous - 1980s
* First Nations

### Romani people

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Main article: Names of the Romani people

* Gypsy

## Organizations

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### The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Main article: Name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

* Church of Christ - 1830 to 1834
* Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - 1834 onward

## See also

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* Geographical naming disputes
* Ethnonymy

## References

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1. ^ Beam, Christopher (12 July 2006). "How Bombay became Mumbai". Slate.