Ryojun during the Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s. Lviv, Ukraine – originally called Lviv. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Ruthenia from 1272 until 1349, when it was conquered by Polish Kingdom and became Lwów. Then became Lemberg under Austro-Hungarian rule (1772–1918), reverted to Lviv for a short time of existence of West Ukrainian Republic (1918), reverted to Lwów (1918–1945), then Lvov under Soviet rule (1945–1991); restored current name on Ukrainian independence Latina – (Italy, Latium), whose former original fascist name was Littoria. Makassar, Indonesia – formerly known as Ujung Pandang. Malabo – formerly Santa Isabel. Maputo – formerly Lourenço Marques. Marijampolė, Lithuania – was named Kapsukas after a Lithuanian communist Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas during the Soviet occupation, but was renamed Marijampolė again in 1991. Matamoros, Mexico. Founded as San Juan de los Esteros in 1774, renamed to Nuestra Señora del Refugio de los Esteros (shortened to Villa del Refugio) in 1793. Received its current name in 1826. Mbala in Zambia – formerly Abercorn Mexico City – formerly the two altepetls (or polities) of Mexihco-Tlatelolco and Mexihco-Tenochtitlan. Montana, Bulgaria – known as Kutlovitsa until 1890, Ferdinand between 1890 and 1945, Mihaylovgrad between 1945 and 1993. Montemorelos, Mexico. Formerly known as San Mateo del Pilón until 1825. Morelia, Mexico. Formerly known as Valladolid de Michoacán until 1827. Mumbai, India – formerly known as Bombay. Natal; formerly New Amsterdam between 1633 and 1654 during the Dutch occupation. New York – formerly New Amsterdam (see History of New York City) Nizhniy Novgorod was Gorkiy during the Soviet Union from 1932 to 1990. North Little Rock, Arkansas – formerly Argenta until 1917 Novohrad-Volynskyi known to 1796 as Zwiahel, or Zvyahel. Nuuk renamed from Godthåb in 1979, following the introduction of the Home Rule. Orenburg was renamed Chkalov from 1938 to 1957, after Valery Chkalov and renamed Orenburg in 1957. Oslo, Norway renamed Christiania when rebuilt after fire in 1624. Spelled Kristiania between 1877 and 1925 when the name returned to Oslo. Ottawa, Ontario known as Bytown until 1855. Parramatta in New South Wales, Australia was known as Rose Hill from establishment in 1788 until 1791. Perm, known as Molotov from 1945 to 1957, after Vyacheslav Molotov and renamed to Perm in 1957. Podgorica, known as Titograd 1945-1992 Polokwane, changed from Pietersburg in 2003, along with some other towns Port Klang, changed from Port Swettenham, the port of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Portlaoise,