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Old names of countries

Guess the older names of some countries!
Quiz by greezybacon2
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Last updated: November 9, 2020
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Ghana
Gold Coast
Zimbabwe
Southern Rhodesia
Myanmar
Burma
DR Congo
Zaire
Tanzania
Tanganyika
Botswana
Bechuanaland
Czechia
Czech Republic
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Tunisia
Carthage
Ethiopia
Abyssinia
Benin
Dahomey
Iran
Persia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Namibia
South-west Africa
Burkina Faso
Upper Volta
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Thailand
Siam
Libya
Tripolitania
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
Cambodia
Kampuchea
France
Gaul
Zambia
Northern Rhodesia
4 Comments
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Level 65
Nov 9, 2020
That's a very good idea for a quiz. Spelling correction - Ethiopia's former English name was spelt Abyssinia (extra I from what you have). Czechia and Moldova haven't really changed name, just the standard Anglicisation has changed (though very similar units were known as Bohemia-Moravia and Bessarabia in the past).
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Level 24
Nov 9, 2020
Czechia has official changed its name from the Czech Republic, and I discovered that Moldavia is just the Spanish and Portuguese spellings for Moldova. Thanks for pointing it out though!
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Level 48
Nov 10, 2020
their official name is still czech republic
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Level 24
Nov 10, 2020
They prefer you use Czechia since 2013, but it's kind of like the Burma/Myanmar name problem so I'll leave it alone for now.