List of name changes in Yangon
This is a list of name changes of Yangon's major thoroughfares following Burma's independence in 1948.
Roads
| Former Name | New Name |
|---|---|
| Arrow Lane | Naung-Yo Street (Mingala Taung Nyunt) |
| Barr Street | Maha Bandula Garden Street |
| Battery Road | Warazein Road (Botahtaung) |
| Binton Street | Thida Street (Ahlon) |
| Campbell Road | Ngadatgyi Pagoda Road |
| Fraser Road | Anawrahta Road |
| Church Street | Eindawya Street (Dagon) |
| Creek Street | Bo Myat Tun Street |
| Commissioner's Road | Western Part of Bogyoke Aung San Road |
| Dalhousie Road | Maha Bandula Road |
| Dufferin Road | Sandaku Road |
| Edward Street | Konzedan Street |
| Fraser Road | Anawratha Road |
| Franklin Street | Thazin Street (Ahlon) |
| Godwin Road | Lanmadaw Road |
| Halpin Road | Pyidaungzu Yeiktha Road |
| Kokine Road | Kaba Aye Pagoda Road |
| Lancaster Road | Nawaday Road |
| Lewis Street | Seikkantha Street |
| Lower Kemmendine Road | Lower Kyimyindaing Road |
| Masjid Road | Thamein Bayan Road |
| Maung Htaw Lay Street | Bo Sun Pet Street |
| Maung Khaing Street | Bo Ywe Street |
| Merchant Road | Konthe Road |
| Mission Road | Ahlon Road |
| Mogul Road | Shwe Bontha Road |
| Montgomery Road | Eastern Part of Bogyoke Aung San Road |
| New Link Street | Sagawa Street (Dagon) |
| Norman School Street | Nanttha Street (Ahlon) |
| Pagoda Road | Shwedagon Pagoda Road |
| Phayre Street | Pansodan Street |
| Prome Road | Pyay Road |
| St. Anthony Street | U Po Kya Street (Mingala Taung Nyunt) |
| Saya Mark Gyi Street | Waibagi Street (Ahlon) |
| Sparks Road | Bo Aung Kyaw Road |
| Stevenson Road | Hledan Road |
| Stockade Road and Judah Ezekiel Road | Theinbyu Road |
| Thompson Road | Botataung Pagoda Road |
| Upper Phayre Road | Upper Pansodan Road |
| Voyle Road | U Wisara Road |
| Windermere Road | Thanlwin Road |
| Windsor Road | Shin Saw Pu Road |
| York Street | Yaw Mingyi Street |
| Brookings Street | Bogalay Zay Street |
Places
| Former Name | New Name |
|---|---|
| Cantonment | Downtown |
| Cantonment Gardens | U Ottama Garden(Kan Taw Min Ga Lar Garden) |
| Dalhousie Park | Bogyoke Aung San Park |
| Fytche Square | Maha Bandula Park |
| Lake Victoria | Inya Lake |
| Royal Lake | Kandawgyi Lake |
| Signal Pagoda | Alanpya Pagoda |
| Scott's Market | Bogyoke Aung San Market |
| Victoria Park | Yangon Zoological Gardens |
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