Difference between revisions of "Renamed countries"
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==Middle East== | ==Middle East== | ||
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*[[Transjordan]] => [[Jordan]] | *[[Transjordan]] => [[Jordan]] | ||
*[[Trucial States]] => [[United Arab Emirates]] | *[[Trucial States]] => [[United Arab Emirates]] | ||
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*[[Basutoland]] => [[Lesotho]] | *[[Basutoland]] => [[Lesotho]] | ||
*[[Bechuanaland]] => [[Botswana]] | *[[Bechuanaland]] => [[Botswana]] | ||
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*[[Dahomey]] => [[Benin]] | *[[Dahomey]] => [[Benin]] | ||
*[[German East Africa]] => [[Rwanda]] & [[Burundi]] & [[Tanzania]] | *[[German East Africa]] => [[Rwanda]] & [[Burundi]] & [[Tanzania]] | ||
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*[[Northern Rhodesia]] => [[Zambia]] | *[[Northern Rhodesia]] => [[Zambia]] | ||
*[[Nyasaland]] => [[Malawi]] | *[[Nyasaland]] => [[Malawi]] | ||
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*[[Upper Volta]] => [[Burkina Faso]] | *[[Upper Volta]] => [[Burkina Faso]] | ||
*[[Zaire]] => [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] | *[[Zaire]] => [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] | ||
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| + | ==Asia== | ||
| + | *[[Burma]] => [[Myanmar]] | ||
| + | *[[Ceylon]] => [[Sri Lanka]] | ||
| + | *[[Netherlands East Indies]] => [[Indonesia]] | ||
==Pacific== | ==Pacific== | ||
*[[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] => [[Kiribati]] & [[Tuvalu]] | *[[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] => [[Kiribati]] & [[Tuvalu]] | ||
*[[New Hebrides]] => [[Vanuatu]] | *[[New Hebrides]] => [[Vanuatu]] | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 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
- Dahomey => Benin
- German East Africa => Rwanda & Burundi & Tanzania
- 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