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Former names of Countries

Guess the former names of modern day countries before their current one. How many can you name?
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Former Name
Country
Livonia-Courland
Lithuania | Latvia
Irish Free State
Ireland
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Kiribati
British Raj
India | Pakistan
Bechuanaland
Botswana
South West Africa
Namibia
Italian Tripolitania
Libya
Trucial States
United Arab Emirates
Aden
Yemen
Macedonia
North Macedonia
Czechslovakia
Czechia | Slovakia
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Gold Coast
Ghana
Cisalpine Republic
Italy
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Kingdom of Prussia
Germany
British Guiana
Guyana
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Tanzania
Helvetic Republic
Switzerland
Middle Congo
Republic of the Congo
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Straits Settlements
Malaysia | Brunei | Singapore
Cochin-China, Annam, and Tokin
Vietnam
Ruanda-Urundi
Rwanda | Burundi
Nauru
Naoero
Former Name
Country
Transjordan
Jordan
Kampuchea
Cambodia
Spaans Holland
Netherlands
French Sudan
Mali
Portuguese East Africa
Mozambique
Ubangi-Shari
Central African Republic
Bessarabia
Moldova
Burma
Myanmar
New Grenada
Colombia
Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
Buganda
Uganda
Guinée Française
Guinea
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia
Dutch Guiana
Suriname
New Herbrides
Vanuatu
Hejaz and Nejd
Saudi Arabia
Spanish Sahara
Western Sahara
Malagasy Republic
Madagascar
Mesopotamia
Iraq
Muscat and Oman
Oman
Persia
Iran
Saint-Domingue
Haiti
Dahomey
Benin
East Indies
Indonesia
Siam
Thailand
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Level 74
May 26, 2026
You listed Oman as a former name for Oman

Otherwise, good quiz!