Countries by Colonial Names

Many countries change their names upon independence to better reflect their cultural and national identity. Can you name some of these countries based on their names as colonies of European empires?

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Hint	Answer
Cisplatina; Banda Oriental	Uruguay
British Honduras	Belize
Ubangi-Shari	Central African Republic
Saint-Domingue	Haiti
Ellice Islands	Tuvalu
New Hebrides	Vanuatu
Southern Rhodesia	Zimbabwe
Basutoland	Lesotho
Dutch East Indies	Indonesia
Portuguese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau
Dahomey	Benin
Gilbert Islands; Line Islands; Phoenix Islands	Kiribati
Dutch Guiana	Suriname
Upper Peru; Audencia of Charcas	Bolivia
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso
Bechuanaland	Botswana
Nyasaland	Malawi
British South West Africa	Namibia
Trucial States	United Arab Emirates
Northern Rhodesia	Zambia
French Sudan	Mali
French Somaliland	Djibouti