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
Dutch Guiana	Suriname
Saint-Domingue	Haiti
Dutch East Indies	Indonesia
Cisplatina; Banda Oriental	Uruguay
British Honduras	Belize
Bechuanaland	Botswana
Southern Rhodesia	Zimbabwe
Dahomey	Benin
Upper Peru; Audencia of Charcas	Bolivia
Northern Rhodesia	Zambia
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso

Hint	Answer
French Sudan	Mali
Nyasaland	Malawi
Trucial States	United Arab Emirates
British South West Africa	Namibia
Basutoland	Lesotho
New Hebrides	Vanuatu
Ubangi-Shari	Central African Republic
Gilbert Islands; Line Islands; Phoenix Islands	Kiribati
Ellice Islands	Tuvalu
French Somaliland	Djibouti
Portuguese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau