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Former to Present Geographic Name

Using the former name, guess the city, region or country's modern name
What it was/is called in English
Myanmar (Burma) is not included to avoid controversy
*has yet to be ratified by the central government
Quiz by Jiaozira
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Last updated: April 1, 2016
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Former name
Modern name
Date changed
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
1941
Ceylon
Sri Lanka
1972
Constantinople, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
1930
Peking, China
Beijing, China
1980's
Persia
Iran
1932
Saigon, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
1975
Siam
Thailand
1939
Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1997
South-West Africa
Namibia
1990
Cathay
China (North)
~1605
Edo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
1868
Formosa
Taiwan
1684
Former name
Modern name
Date changed
Bombay
Mumbai
1995
Calcutta
Kolkata
2001
Madras
Chennai
1996
Bangalore
Bengaluru
2006*
Canton
Guangzhou
1980's
Nanking
Nanjing
1980's
Upper Canada
Ontario
1840
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
1980
British Honduras
Belize
1973
Gilbert Islands
Kiribati
1979
Cape Verde
Cabo Verde
2013
ander217
+1
Level 75
Aug 3, 2015
Accept Nunavut for upper Canada?
dasubergeek
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Level 74
Aug 3, 2015
Upper Canada was the name for Ontario (Lower Canada, which was "lower" on the St. Lawrence River, is now mostly Québec). Nunavut was not really in the picture in 1841, see.
ander217
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Level 75
Aug 3, 2015
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but to my knowledge at no time was the entire United States ever called New England. A specific region known as the Virginia Company of Plymouth was later officially called New England, and part of that area is still known as New England today. It is officially one of the US Census Bureau's nine regions. The Virginia London Company to the south was never considered part of New England, and was called the Virginia Colony. Saying New England's modern name is the United States is like saying England's modern name is Great Britain or the UK. England did not cease to exist when it became part of the UK, just as New England did not cease to exist when the USA was formed.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Apr 1, 2016
Updated and expanded.
Eigengrau
+1
Level 60
Dec 10, 2016
Plz add formerly called North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and now called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) in pakistan
Jarl5
+2
Level 68
Jun 9, 2017
Awesome quiz, should be featured. Maybe add Czech Republic + Czechia?
Kcirej
+1
Level 33
Aug 2, 2017
Maybe add Mesopotamia for Iraq, Burma for Myanmar, Rangoon for Yangon,
onegonecat
+1
Level 74
Aug 9, 2017
Bangalore should be removed. I have friends from Bangalore who refer to it as such. Cape Verde should also be removed because it's actually the official English translation of the name.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Aug 9, 2017
This is by official name, not colloquial. People called Ho Chi Minh City as Saigon long after the name changed. It doesn't mean the city is called by Saigon officially. Bangalore is now Bengaluru, and Cape Verde government would rather be called by Cabo Verde.
onegonecat
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Level 74
Sep 27, 2017
Bangaluru is not it's official name right now. And I would say that if the people who live there, not just some misinformed foreigners as in the case of "Saigon," call it Bangalore, and the government hasn't officially changed the name, then it should be called Bangalore. Additionally, Cabo Verde isn't standard in English, Cape Verde is.
Arvind1024
+2
Level 61
Apr 13, 2022
Speaking as a Bengaluru native, Bengaluru is the official name now, having been approved by the central government in October 2014, even before this quiz was updated or the above comment was made. People still call it Bangalore or Bengaluru or something in between usually, due to habit.

Similarly, Cabo Verde is the standard name (even in English) for the country that was called Cape Verde in English until now.

ImmortalHawk
+1
Level 62
Dec 5, 2019
Maybe add Macedonia to Northern Macedonia?
Raffles
+3
Level 68
Apr 12, 2022
Shouldn’t Zimbabwe be Southern Rhodesia?
Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Apr 12, 2022
As a colony, yes. However the colony then became an independent (yet unrecognised) state known as Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979. The country was known for being one of two countries in Africa rules by a white-European minority alongside South Africa. I'd argue that Rhodesia as a nation is famous enough to stand as the clue.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Apr 12, 2022
It is worth mentioning that the country reverted to South Rhodesia for once year before becoming an independent Zimbabwe in 1980.

I guess not all of these name-changes are contiguous (for example Upper Canada became 'Canada West' after merging with Lower Canada to form one colony, before becoming Ontario).

Jango
+2
Level 64
Feb 21, 2023
I'd love it if you added Trivandrum, and insisted that its current name be spelled correctly
Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Feb 22, 2023
Thiruvana.... one second thought, let's save this one for the sequel ;)
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