Old names of countries

Guess the older names of some countries!

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Last updated: November 9, 2020

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Hint	Answer
Ghana	Gold Coast
Zimbabwe	Southern Rhodesia
Myanmar	Burma
DR Congo	Zaire
Tanzania	Tanganyika
Botswana	Bechuanaland
Czechia	Czech Republic
Tunisia	Carthage
Ethiopia	Abyssinia
Benin	Dahomey
Iran	Persia
Iraq	Mesopotamia
Namibia	South-west Africa
Burkina Faso	Upper Volta
Thailand	Siam
Libya	Tripolitania
Sri Lanka	Ceylon
Cambodia	Kampuchea
France	Gaul
Zambia	Northern Rhodesia

Level 65

Nov 9, 2020

That's a very good idea for a quiz. Spelling correction - Ethiopia's former English name was spelt Abyssinia (extra I from what you have). Czechia and Moldova haven't really changed name, just the standard Anglicisation has changed (though very similar units were known as Bohemia-Moravia and Bessarabia in the past).

Level 24

Nov 9, 2020

Czechia has official changed its name from the Czech Republic, and I discovered that Moldavia is just the Spanish and Portuguese spellings for Moldova. Thanks for pointing it out though!

Level 49

Nov 10, 2020

their official name is still czech republic

Level 24

Nov 10, 2020

They prefer you use Czechia since 2013, but it's kind of like the Burma/Myanmar name problem so I'll leave it alone for now.