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[edit]
Istanbul[edit]
- Constantinople
Ho Chi Minh City[edit]
- Saigon - pre-1976
Mumbai[edit]
- Bombay - pre-1995[1]
Diseases and disabilities[edit]
Down syndrome[edit]
- Mongolism
Physically disabled[edit]
- Crippled
- Handicapped
Tuberculosis[edit]
- Consumption - until 2000s
- Tuberculosis
Peoples[edit]
Of African descent[edit]
- Nigger
- Negro
- Coloured
- Black - still in use
- African-American - in the United States
Indigenous peoples of North America[edit]
- Indian - pre-1960s
- Native American - since 1960s
- Indigenous - 1980s
- First Nations
Romani people[edit]
Organizations[edit]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[edit]
- Church of Christ - 1830 to 1834
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - 1834 onward
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Beam, Christopher (12 July 2006). "How Bombay became Mumbai". Slate.