Renamed countries
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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 |