Old Country Names

Enter the modern day names of the countries listed.
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Last updated: July 18, 2014
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Old Name
New Name
Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
Zaire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
New Holland
Australia
Belize
British Honduras
Northern Rhodesian
Zambia
New Hebrides
Vanuatu
Siam
Thailand
Basutoland
Lesotho
Mesopotamia
Iraq
Iberia
Georgia
Portuguese Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Byelorussia
Belarus
Gaul
France
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Level 66
Jul 18, 2014
Please accept Congo or Democratic Republic of the Congo (instead of DRC). And it's strange that we have to find the actual names of these countries, except for Belize!
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Level 58
Jul 18, 2014
I think you have 'Belize' and 'British Honduras' the wrong way around... Kept thinking "But that's what it's called nowadays, no?"
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Level 65
Aug 18, 2016
Agree with Ponnuki - WRONG!!!!!
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Level 37
Jul 31, 2018
British Honduras is now known as BELIZE.
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Level 89
Oct 9, 2018
Has London reasserted control over Belize?
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Level 39
Feb 17, 2023
you swapped positions of belize with british honduras, also, its northern rhodesia or zambia, and southern rhodesia for zimbabwe, not just rhodesia