Countries that changed their names

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Countries that changed their names​

In 2019, Macedonia changed its name. The Balkan country became the Republic of North Macedonia, after a long dispute with neighboring country Greece. But it's not the only country that has had a name change. In fact, plenty of nations have had their own identity crises.

 

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Australia​

This country was once known as New Holland and New South Wales.

 

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Myanmar​

The Southeast Asian country was once called Burma and this name is still used in some countries.

 

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Philippines​

This country was once part of the Spanish East Indies. The country earned its independence in 1898, and was named the Philippines.

 

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Ethiopia​

Before 1974, the land of Ethiopia was combined with Eritrea to form Abyssinia.

 

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Siam & Thailand?

Temasek & Singapura?

 

[glockman]

Turkey's official new name is Turkiye. I guess they don't like being a delicious bird anymore.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/2/un-registers-turkiye-as-new-country-name-for-turkey

 

[mudhatter]

once upon a time in history, these political borders separating countries didn't exist

before columbus or thereabout, very few people from this side of the pond knew about americas,

for 1000 years, muslims ruled over ceca virus as saffron terrorist in chief had admitted (1200 years of slavery for ceca, 200 years under brits and 1000 years under their historical lords).

what hasn't changed yet is slanties are well and truly enslaved

tiongs were serfs and peasants 1000 years ago, 500 years ago. today, it still holds true under ccp.

are japs gooks or taiwanese better off? not necessarily. these are all vassal states under the yoke of american colonial rule.

what of stinkypura? it got the worst of both sides. it's just ccp-lite in terms of local governance. in terms of geopolitical independence, it's as much a vassal as jap gooks or taiwanese.

 

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New Zealand is now Aotearoa.

 

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Bangladesh​

This South Asian country used to be called Eastern Bengal and Assam, then East Bengal, East Pakistan, and now Bangladesh.

 

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Sri Lanka​

From the beginning of British colonial rule, this country was known as Ceylon.

 

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Lesotho​

The enclaved country was once a British Crown colony by the name of Basutoland.

 

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Belarus​

From 1920 to 1991, this country was known as Byelorussia ("White Russia").

 

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Moldova​

Historically, the country known as Moldova was named Bessarabia.

 

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Iraq​

In 1932, this country was granted full independence, and was formally named Iraq. Before that, it was named the British Mandate of Mesopotamia.

 

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Belgium​

Belgium has had plenty of name changes. It has been previously known as Duchy of Brabant, Burgundian Netherlands, and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

 

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Benin​

The West African country was previously named Dahomey.

 

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Singapore​

The city state was once a British Crown colony by the name of Singapore. Now it is federated into the 29th state of India....Singpoora.

The chinese PM has also changed his name appropriately to Barbal Segar Singh.

 

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Zimbabwe​

Zimbabwe is another country that has had several name changes. Previous names include Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, and Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.

 

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Bolivia​

Until 1825, this country was named Upper Peru.