Talk:Renamed countries

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We're doing great on this. Most of the countries seem to be in Africa, and no one picked up on Ivory Coast changing to Cote D'Ivoire - which technically, is just a translation rather than a name change.

What we need next are the years in which each name change occurred, and maybe a nice table to format it all. --Ed Poor Talk 13:45, 8 December 2008 (EST)

How detailed do you want, Ed: does United Kingdom of Great britain and Ireland => United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927) count? Bugler 13:47, 8 December 2008 (EST)

LOL, I was thinking mainly of the name changes where you'd think a brand new country suddenly appeared on the map if you didn't know otherwise. Not too many Westerners in my acquaintance could name all 44 African countries; I'm not even sure I could name all the countries in North America. --Ed Poor Talk 14:18, 8 December 2008 (EST)
OK, a more serious question. What about multiple renamings, eg Belgian Congo => Zaire => DR Congo. Two separate entries, for Belgian Congo => Zaire and Zaire => DR Congo, or one string of three, listed under B? (and we might get some longer strings) Bugler 14:29, 8 December 2008 (EST)
Can we put in the year of the change? I can make a table, if that helps. --Ed Poor Talk 14:36, 8 December 2008 (EST)

Is there a naming format? The reason I ask is because of the sheer number of changes over the years. I see the era Persia=>Iran. That time frame could include Babylon=>Iraq. Also, communist nations Checkoslovakia => Republic of Check and Slovakia, West Geremany EaSt Germany => Germany, Palestine => Israel, Yugoslavia =>etc.--jpatt 14:47, 8 December 2008 (EST)

At first I was thinking of occasions when nothing changed but the name. Partitions and border changes are another breed of cat. --Ed Poor Talk 14:49, 8 December 2008 (EST)

My Crossword Puzzle dictionary refers to a place which has been renamed as an "yclept". I think we could going one up on Wikipedia by retitling the article. Their page of this name refers only to a punk rock band. BrianCo 15:21, 8 December 2008 (EST)

If I may stick my bib in here on the African thing:

German East Africa > Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda
Tanganyika > Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda
South West Africa > Namibia
Bechuanaland Protectorate > Botswana (hello Precious)
(Red Sea Coastal) Ethiopia > Eritrea.
Northern Rhodesia > Zambia
Southern Rhodesia > Zimbabwe
French Equatorial Africa > Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Chad.
Rio Mundi > Equatorial Guinea
French West Africa > Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, Benin.
Rio De Oro > Western Sahara.
Give me an hour and I'll get the dates. (I think).
I might be going on a limb here, but what about: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics => Confederation of Independent States? --KotomiTohayougozaimasu 15:53, 8 December 2008 (EST)
Anato no limb wa ... <grin> Sorry, but USSR wasn't renamed. It dissolved, and the Baltic States (at least) took the opportunity to leave.
We can have another - much longer and more intricate - article about how country borders have changed and new empires or countries have come into being or broken up. No chance of dashing that off in a day or two, though. It will make your outline of Japanese terms and grammar seem tiny in comparison. --Ed Poor Talk 17:27, 8 December 2008 (EST)

Ethiopia is not a renamed country I think. It was always Ethiopia to its inhabitants, but the west referred to it as Abyssinia. During the middle of the 20th century it went from one to the other, but there was never a particular day when this happened. AlanE 16:46, 8 December 2008 (EST)

Having just moved and dated Tasmania, then about to do the other states I thought: They have not had name changes and they weren't, and aren't, countries. Tasmania to Australia should be deleted. AlanE 17:41, 8 December 2008 (EST)