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Former Names for Countries

Can you name these modern day countries when given their former name? Good luck!
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Last updated: October 2, 2025
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Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Canaan
Israel/Palestine
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Republic of Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic/Slovakia
Burma
Myanmar
Ellice Islands
Tuvalu
Trucial States
United Arab Emirates
Phoenicia
Lebanon
South West Africa
Namibia
Democratic Kampuchea
Cambodia
Ceylon
Sri Lanka
Basutoland
Lesotho
New Hebrides
Vanuatu
Dutch Guiana
Suriname
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Holland
Netherlands
Persia
Iran
French Somaliland
Djibouti
Gold Coast
Ghana
Swaziland
Eswatini
Tanganyika
Tanzania
Republic of Dahomey
Benin
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Botswana
Siam
Thailand
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Northern Rhodesia
Zambia
USSR
Russia
Nyasaland
Malawi
British Guiana
Guyana
Southern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
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