renaming

English

Verb

renaming

1. present participle and gerund of rename

Noun

renaming (plural renamings)

1. verbal noun of rename: An act in which something is renamed.
   • 2007 March 22, Patrick Mcgeehan, “Jerry Orbach Is a Step Closer to a Corner Bearing His Name”, in The New York Times‎:

     Community Board 4 also generally opposes requests for street renamings, according to Robert J. Benfatto Jr., the district manager.

   • 2025 January 28, Jordan Valinsky, “Google Maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America”, in CNN‎:

     The executive order calls for all federal government maps and documents to “reflect its renaming.”

Translations

act in which something is renamed

Belarusian: перайменава́нне n (pjerajmjenavánnje) Chinese: Mandarin: 改名 (zh) (gǎimíng), 改稱 / 改称 (zh) (gǎichēng) French: renommage (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Umbenennung (de) f Greek: μετονομασία (el) f (metonomasía) Hungarian: átnevezés (hu) Japanese: 改名 (ja) (かいめい, kaimei), 改称 (ja) (かいしょう, kaichō) Polish: przemianowanie (pl) n Russian: переименова́ние (ru) n (pereimenovánije) Ukrainian: перейменува́ння n (perejmenuvánnja)

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