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.