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Modern Names of Countries
Given are the old names that were used for a country or area in the past. Name the current name.
Names are all common english names
The old names include names of places before they were countries.
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Ceylon
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Eswatini
Burma
Myanmar
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Zaire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dahomey
Benin
Persia
Iran
Kampuchea
Cambodia
Czech Republic
Czechia
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CardinalSin
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Level 77
Oct 10, 2019
I would argue that Burma still is Burma since the name Myanmar has been applied to it by an illegitimate (and evil) military regime that is only in power because it ignored the result of a democratic election. Avanti populo!
guatemala04
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Level 29
Oct 10, 2019
Yeah i'm no fan of the current government there either, however, I'm using the official name of the country in the eyes of the UN.
MiracleMax
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Level 74
Oct 10, 2019
Cool! Other interesting ones would be Siam and Formosa.
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