Countries That Have Changed Their Name In The Last 50 Years.

We Greeks don't call them that because it is offensive to us. And really the whole world shouldn't call them that...

Ancient Macedonians were an ancient Greek tribe.The name Macedonia is of Greek origin derives from the word Makednos (Μακέδνος) which means tall. Alexander The Great was the king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia.He's name is also of Greek origin and derives from the words Alexein (Αλέξειν) and aner (ανήρ) which means ''Defender of the people''. We,call Macedonia for hundrends of years now the region of the northern Greece where Thessaloniki (2nd biggest city in Greece), Kavala, Serres, Kozani, Drama, Kilkis,etc. Now the people of Fyrom are trying to take all those things and make it like it is theirs. They claim everything to be theirs. But plenty of scientists will say that Macedonia was undoubtedly Greek. And also calling those people Macedonians is offensive not only to all the Greeks but to people that live in the Macedonia region in Greece and call themselves Macedonians for hundreds of years now. And also Tito plays a big part on this but this is a story for another time

Officially it's called FYROM. That's a temporary name until we find a solution about this dispute. But I don't see that happening any time soon.

And when I say officially I mean in official documents, in the NATO, in the EU, etc.

I added Swaziland/Eswatini but the name ''North Macedonia'' is not official yet. When it's official, I'll add it.