Former Names of Places #1

Based on the former name, guess the current names of these places.

If a former region is now in multiple countries, give the country which comprised the majority of the former region

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Former Name	Current Name
Peking	Beijing
Bombay	Mumbai
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso
Russian America	Alaska
Pressburg	Bratislava
Leningrad	Saint Petersburg
Burma	Myanmar
Siam	Thailand
Abyssinia	Ethiopia

Former Name	Current Name
Persia	Iran
Ceylon	Sri Lanka
Indian Territory	Oklahoma
Madras	Chennai
German East Africa	Tanzania
Holy Roman Empire	Germany
East Pakistan	Bangladesh
Formosa	Taiwan
Edo	Tokyo

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