Difference between revisions of "Renamed countries"
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| − | + | | [[Muscat & Oman]] || [[Oman]] | |
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| + | |[[Transjordan]] || [[Jordan]] | ||
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| + | |[[Trucial States]] || [[United Arab Emirates]] | ||
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==Africa== | ==Africa== | ||
Revision as of 20:24, 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, and independent from Pakistan in 1971.
Others may have escaped all but the best geography students
Middle East
| Muscat & Oman | Oman |
| Transjordan | Jordan |
| Trucial States | United Arab Emirates |