New and Old Names of Places and Countries :::
New Name
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Old Name
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| » Ankara | - Ahamadabad |
| » Bangladesh | - East Pakistan |
| » Beijing | - Peking |
| » Belize | - British Honduras |
| » Burkino Faso | - Upper Volta |
| » Cape Kennedy | - Cape Caneveral |
| » Cambodia | - Kampuchia |
| » Djibouti | - French Somaliland |
| » Ethiopia | - Abyssinia |
| » Ghana | - Gold Coast |
| » Guianea Bissau | - Portuguese Gayana |
| » Guyana | - British Guinia |
| » Harare | - Salisburry |
| » Hawaiin Islands | - Sandwich Islands |
| » Indonesia | - The Dutch East India |
| » Iran | - Persia |
| » Iraq | - Mesopotamia |
| » Istanbul | - Constantinople |
| » Jakartha | - Batavia |
| » Japan | - Nippon |
| » Kinshasa | - Leopoldville |
| » Kiribati | - Gilbert Island |
| » Laos | - Lanxang |
| » Lesotho | - Basitoland |
| » Malavi | - Nyasaland |
| » Mali | - French Sudan |
| » Malaysia | - Malaya |
| » Malabo | - Santa Isabet |
| » Madhya Pradesh | - Central Province |
| » Manchuria | - Manchuko |
| » Mexico | - New Spain |
| » Mosambique | - Potuguese East Africa |
| » Myanmar | - Burma |
| » Namibia | - South West Africa |
| » Nauru | - Pleasant Island |
| » Papua New Guinea | - Trust Territory of New Guinea |
| » Portuguese | - Lucitania |
| » Sri Lanka | - Ceylon |
| » St. Petersburg | - Leningrad |
| » Surinam | - Dutch Gayana |
| » Taiwan | - Formosa |
| » Thailand | - Siam |
| » Togo | - Togoland |
| » Tuvalu | - The Ellice Islands |
| » Volgograd | - Stalingrad |
| » Zaire | - Congo |
| » Zambia | - Northern Rhodesia |
| » Myanmar | - Burma |
| » Zimbabwe | - Rhodesia |
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