Saturday 21 June 2014

FORMER NAMES OF PLACES AND COUNTRIES

FORMER NAMES OF PLACES AND COUNTRIES


HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF SOME OF THE FORMER AND NEW  NAMES OF PLACES AND COUNTRIES

  • ABYSSINIA-ETHIOPIA
  • ANGORA-ANKARA
  • CEYLON-SRI LANKA
  • CONSTANTINOPLE-ISTANBUL
  • PEKING-BEIGING
  • PERSIA-IRAN
  • MESOPOTAMIA-IRAQ
  • SOUTHERN RHODESIA-ZIMBABWE
  • NORTHERN RHODESIA-ZAMBIA
  • SAIGON-HO CHI MINH CITY
  • PETROGRAD AND LENINGRAD-ST.PETERSBURG
  • SIAM-THAILAND
  • TANGANYIKA AND ZANZIBAR-TANZANIA
  • ZAIRE-DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
  • SOUTH-WEST AFRICA-NAMIBIA
  • MOLDAVIA-MOLDOVA
  • UPPER VOLTA-BURKINA FASO
  • TRIPOLITANIA AND CYRENAICA-LIBYA
  • NUMIDIA-ALGERIA
  • SUDANESE REPUBLIC-MALI
  • GAUL-FRANCE
  • GERMAN EAST AFRICA-RWANDA AND BURUNDI
  • CATHAY-CHINA(NORTH)
  • MANGI-CHINA(SOUTH)
  • TONKIN-VIETNAM
  • BURMA-MYANMAR
  • EDO-TOKYO
  • CHOSON-KOREA(NORTH AND SOUTH)
  • KAMPUCHEA-CAMBODIA
  • FORMOSA-THAIWAN
  • BATAVIA-JAKARTA
  • BECHUANALAND-BOTSWANA
  • BRITISH GUIANA-GUYANA
  • CAPE CANAVERAL-CAPE KENNEDY
  • CHRISTANIA-OSLO
  • LOHAR-PUR-LAHORE
  • DUTCH EAST INDIES-INDONESIA
  • DUTCH GUIANA-SURINAME
  • GOLD COAST-GHANA
  • HOLLAND-NETHERLANDS
  • MALAGASY-MADAGASCAR
  • MALAYA-MALAYSIA
  • NIPPON-JAPAN
  • UPPER PERU-BOLIVIA
  • EAST PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH
  • PANJIM-PANAJI
  • SALISBURY-HARARE
  • MADRAS-CHENNAI
  • CIUDAD REAL-VILLA REAL
  • BOMBAY-MUMBAI
  • RANGOON-YANGON
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