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 Old Name - New Name

Many places changed their names. How well do you know them?

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 Was Called Currently Called
38.
Burma
 
 
AnswerMyanmar
37.
Angora, Turkey
 
 
AnswerAnkara, Turkey
36.
Cathay
 
 
AnswerChina
35.
South-West Africa
 
 
AnswerNamibia.
34.
Northern Rhodesia
 
 
AnswerZambia
33.
Abyssinia
 
 
AnswerEthiopia
32.
Helvetia
 
 
AnswerSwitzerland
31.
Dahomey
 
 
AnswerBenin
30.
Kampuchea
 
 
AnswerCambodia
29.
Upper Volta
 
 
AnswerBurkina Faso
28.
Madras
 
 
AnswerChennai
27.
Salisbury
 
 
AnswerHarare
26.
Democratic Republic of Congo
 
 
AnswerZaire
25.
Formosa
 
 
AnswerTaiwan
24.
Ceylon
 
 
AnswerSri Lanka
23.
Siam
 
 
AnswerThailand
22.
Sudanese Republic
 
 
AnswerMali
21.
Afars and Issas
 
 
AnswerDjibouti
20.
Nyasaland
 
 
AnswerMalawi
19.
Edo
 
 
AnswerTokyo
18.
Petrograd and Leningrad, Russia
 
 
AnswerSt. Petersburg
17.
Christiania (European Capital)
 
 
AnswerOslo
16.
Saigon
 
 
AnswerHo Chi Minh City
15.
Mumbai
 
 
AnswerBombay
14.
Rangoon
 
 
AnswerYangan
13.
Numidia
 
 
AnswerAlgeria
12.
Constantinople
 
 
AnswerIstanbul
11.
Rhodesia
 
 
AnswerZimbabwe
10.
Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
 
 
AnswerLibya
9.
Gaul
 
 
AnswerFrance
8.
Pleasant Island
 
 
AnswerNauru
7.
Calcutta
 
 
AnswerKolkata
6.
Gold Coast
 
 
AnswerGhana
5.
Fort York
 
 
AnswerToronto
4.
Canton
 
 
AnswerGuangzhou
3.
Persia
 
 
AnswerIran
2.
British Honduras
 
 
AnswerBelize
1.
German East Africa
 
 
AnswerRwanda and Burundi
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