What is Geographical renaming?
'''Geographical renaming''' is when a place's name gets changed. There can be several reasons for geographical renaming. One such reason is [[Country|countries]] joining together to form a new country. For example, after the [[Kingdom of England]] and the [[Kingdom of Scotland]] joined together in 1701, they formed the [[United Kingdom]]. When Ireland joined in 1801, the unified country became the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]. A second reason is a country splitting apart to form new ones. For example, after [[Czechoslovakia]] split in 1992, it became two new countries, the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]. Also, after [[Ireland]] gained [[independence]] from [[Great Britain|Britain]], the region of [[Northern Ireland]] stayed in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Therefore, the country's name changed from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to what it is today, the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]. A third reason could be a new government replacing or overthrowing the old one. After the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]] took overthrew the [[Russian Empire|Russian Empire's]] [[emperor]], the [[Tsar]], and changed the country's name to the [[Soviet Union]], the city of [[Saint Petersburg]] also changed to [[Leningrad]]. This was because the Communist Party wanted to honor its leader, [[Vladimir Lenin]], and symbolize the Soviet Union's turning away from Russia's system of [[absolute monarchy]], the Tsardom, that ruled before they did, since Saint Petersburg was named after [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]], who was the Tsar that founded the city. When the city of [[New Amsterdam]], founded by Dutch colonists in [[North America]], was lost to the [[British Empire]], it was renamed [[New York|New York City]] after the [[Duke of York]]. A fourth reason could be changing a place's name to replace a name given by former colonizers with the name given by native people, and many more. For example, after [[India]] gained independen