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Acadia a former French colony on the northeastern coast of Canada.
Aden a former British colony and protectorate, now part of Yemen. [1/2 definitions]
Alma-Ata the largest city of Kazakhstan and a former capital.
alumna a female graduate or former student of an educational institution.
alumnus a male graduate or former student of an educational institution.
ancien régime any former political and social system. [1/2 definitions]
anna a former copper-nickel coin of India and Pakistan, equaling one sixteenth of a rupee.
archduke a title given to a ruling prince, esp. in the former royal families of Austria.
Astana the former name of the capital city of Kazakhstan.
atomic theory a former theory that all material objects and substances are composed of irreducible units of matter. [1/2 definitions]
Austria-Hungary a former European monarchy composed of the Austrian empire, Hungary, and parts of other countries.
back in the direction of an earlier time or a former place or position. [1/15 definitions]
battering ram a heavy wooden beam used by warriors in former times to break through doors, walls, gates, or the like. [1/2 definitions]
battle-ax a wide-bladed, heavy ax used in former times as a weapon.
Black Shirt a member of a fascist military organization, esp. the former Italian one, whose uniform includes a black shirt.
Bombay the former name of a capital city of a state in India, on the west central coast. Bombay is now called Mumbai.
Bonn the former capital of West Germany.
broad jump in track competition, a jump for distance with a running start; a former name for long jump. [1/2 definitions]
Bujumbura the former capital of Burundi, and the foremost center of commerce.
bygone gone by; former; past.
Castile a former kingdom that in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries occupied most of modern Spain. [1/2 definitions]