Difference between revisions of "Renamed countries"
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*[[Ceylon]] => [[Sri Lanka]] | *[[Ceylon]] => [[Sri Lanka]] | ||
*[[Dutch East Indies]] => [[Indonesia]] | *[[Dutch East Indies]] => [[Indonesia]] | ||
| + | *[[Van Diemen's Land]] => [[Tasmania]] | ||
| + | *[[Tasmania]] = > [[Australia]] (part) | ||
==Pacific== | ==Pacific== | ||
*[[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] => [[Kiribati]] & [[Tuvalu]] | *[[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] => [[Kiribati]] & [[Tuvalu]] | ||
*[[New Hebrides]] => [[Vanuatu]] | *[[New Hebrides]] => [[Vanuatu]] | ||
Revision as of 20:50, 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
| Former name | Current name | Year of change |
|---|---|---|
| Muscat & Oman | Oman | |
| Transjordan | Jordan | |
| Trucial States | United Arab Emirates |
Africa
| Former name | Current name | Year of change |
|---|---|---|
| Abyssinia | Ethiopia | |
| Basutoland | Lesotho | |
| Bechuanaland | Botswana | |
| Dahomey | Benin | |
| German East Africa (part) | Tanganyika | |
| German East Africa (part) | Ruanda-Urundi | 1923 |
| Malgasy Republic | Madagascar | 1960 |
| Northern Rhodesia | Zambia | |
| Nyasaland | Malawi | |
| Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia | Zimbabwe | 1980 (Rhodesia 1965) |
| Ruanda-Urundi (part) | Burundi | 1961 |
| Ruanda-Urundi (part) | Rwanda | 1961 |
| South West Africa | Namibia | 1990 |
| Spanish Sahara | Western Sahara | |
| Tanganyika & Zanzibar | Tanzania | |
| Upper Volta | Burkina Faso | |
| Zaire | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Asia
- Burma => Myanmar
- Ceylon => Sri Lanka
- Dutch East Indies => Indonesia
- Van Diemen's Land => Tasmania
- Tasmania = > Australia (part)