Difference between revisions of "Renamed countries"
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| − | *[[Persia]] => [[Iran]] | + | Some '''renamed countries''' are well known in the West: |
| − | *[[Siam]] => [[Thailand]] | + | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Persia]] => [[Iran]] - the language is still called [[Persian]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Siam]] => [[Thailand]] - they speak [[Siamese]] or [[Thai]] |
| + | *[[East Pakistan]] => [[Bangladesh]] - formed after the partition of [[India]], over [[Gandhi]]'s protest | ||
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| + | Others may have escaped all but the best [[geography]] students | ||
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| + | ==Middle East== | ||
| + | *[[Transjordan]] => [[Jordan]] | ||
| + | *[[Trucial States]] => [[United Arab Emirates]] | ||
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| + | ==Africa== | ||
*[[Basutoland]] => [[Lesotho]] | *[[Basutoland]] => [[Lesotho]] | ||
*[[Bechuanaland]] => [[Botswana]] | *[[Bechuanaland]] => [[Botswana]] | ||
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*[[South West Africa]] => [[Namibia]] | *[[South West Africa]] => [[Namibia]] | ||
*[[Spanish Sahara]] => [[Western Sahara]] | *[[Spanish Sahara]] => [[Western Sahara]] | ||
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*[[Upper Volta]] => [[Burkina Faso]] | *[[Upper Volta]] => [[Burkina Faso]] | ||
| − | [[ | + | *[[Zaire]] => [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] |
Revision as of 19:34, December 8, 2008
Some renamed countries are well known in the West:
- Persia => Iran - the language is still called Persian
- Siam => Thailand - they speak Siamese or Thai
- East Pakistan => Bangladesh - formed after the partition of India, over Gandhi's protest
Others may have escaped all but the best geography students
Middle East
Africa
- Basutoland => Lesotho
- Bechuanaland => Botswana
- Burma => Myanmar
- Ceylon => Sri Lanka
- Dahomey => Benin
- German East Africa => Rwanda & Burundi & Tanzania
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands => Kiribati & Tuvalu
- Muscat & Oman => Oman
- Netherlands East Indies => Indonesia
- New Hebrides => Vanuatu
- Northern Rhodesia => Zambia
- Nyasaland => Malawi
- Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia => Zimbabwe
- South West Africa => Namibia
- Spanish Sahara => Western Sahara
- Upper Volta => Burkina Faso
- Zaire => Democratic Republic of Congo