List of historical common names

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

Places

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=Istanbul=

  • Constantinople

=Ho Chi Minh City=

  • Saigon - pre-1976

=Mumbai=

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  • Bombay - pre-1995{{Cite journal|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2006/07/mumbai_what_about_bombay.html|title = How Bombay became Mumbai| journal=Slate |date = 12 July 2006 | last1=Beam | first1=Christopher }}

Diseases and disabilities

=Down syndrome=

  • Mongolism

=Physically disabled=

  • Crippled
  • Handicapped

=Tuberculosis=

Peoples

=Of African descent=

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

=Indigenous peoples of North America=

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

=Romani people=

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Organizations

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

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

See also

References