def remove_articles(entities_list):
    """
    Removes articles from entity names.

    Args:
        entities_list (list): List of input strings

    Returns:
        list
    """
    text_list = entities_list
    for i, v in enumerate(text_list):
        if v[0:4] == "the ":
            text_list[i] = v.replace("the ", "")
        elif v[0:4] == "The ":
            text_list[i] = v.replace("The ", "")

    return text_list