Modern Names of Countries

Given are the old names that were used for a country or area in the past. Name the current name.

Names are all common english names

The old names include names of places before they were countries.

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Hint	Answer
Ceylon	Sri Lanka
Swaziland	Eswatini
Burma	Myanmar
Abyssinia	Ethiopia
Zaire	Democratic Republic of Congo
Dahomey	Benin
Persia	Iran
Kampuchea	Cambodia
Czech Republic	Czechia

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Level 82

Oct 10, 2019

I would argue that Burma still is Burma since the name Myanmar has been applied to it by an illegitimate (and evil) military regime that is only in power because it ignored the result of a democratic election. Avanti populo!

Level 30

Oct 10, 2019

Yeah i'm no fan of the current government there either, however, I'm using the official name of the country in the eyes of the UN.

Level 73

Oct 10, 2019

Cool! Other interesting ones would be Siam and Formosa.