Sentence examples for formerly until from inspiring English sources

Malabo, formerly (until 1973) Santa Isabel, capital of Equatorial Guinea.

Manzini, formerly (until 1960) Bremersdorp, town, central Swaziland.

Torez, formerly (until 1964) Chystyakove, city, southeastern Ukraine.

Adrano, formerly (until 1929) Adernò, town, eastern Sicily, Italy.

Kinshasa, formerly (until 1966) Léopoldville, largest city and capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Jakarta, formerly (until 1949) Batavia or (1949 72) Djakarta, largest city and capital of Indonesia.

Nesebŭr, formerly (until 1934) Mesembria, historic town and resort, eastern Bulgaria, on the Black Sea coast.

Ech-Cheliff, formerly (until 1981) El-Asnam, or (until 1964) Orléansville, town, northern Algeria.

Partizansk, formerly (until 1972) Suchan, city, Primorsky kray (territory), far eastern Russia.

Serov, formerly (until 1939) Nadezhdinsk, city, Sverdlovsk oblast (region), western Russia.

Canada Day, formerly (until 1982) Dominion Day, the national holiday of Canada.