Showing posts with label New and Old Names of Places and Countries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New and Old Names of Places and Countries. Show all posts

New and Old Names of Places and Countries

 
New Name
Old Name
» Ankara-   Ahamadabad
» Bangladesh-   East Pakistan
» Beijing-   Peking
» Belize-   British Honduras
» Burkino Faso-   Upper Volta
» Cape Kennedy-   Cape Caneveral
» Cambodia-   Kampuchia
» Djibouti-   French Somaliland
» Ethiopia-   Abyssinia
» Ghana-   Gold Coast
» Guianea Bissau-   Portuguese Gayana
» Guyana-   British Guinia
» Harare-   Salisburry
» Hawaiin Islands-   Sandwich Islands
» Indonesia-   The Dutch East India
» Iran-   Persia
» Iraq-   Mesopotamia
» Istanbul-  Constantinople
» Jakartha-  Batavia
» Japan-  Nippon
» Kinshasa-  Leopoldville
» Kiribati-  Gilbert Island
» Laos-  Lanxang
» Lesotho-  Basitoland
» Malavi-  Nyasaland
» Mali-  French Sudan
» Malaysia-  Malaya
» Malabo-  Santa Isabet
» Madhya Pradesh-  Central Province
» Manchuria-  Manchuko
» Mexico-  New Spain
» Mosambique-  Potuguese East Africa
» Myanmar-  Burma
» Namibia-  South West Africa
» Nauru-  Pleasant Island
» Papua New Guinea-  Trust Territory of New Guinea
» Portuguese-  Lucitania
» Sri Lanka-  Ceylon
» St. Petersburg-  Leningrad
» Surinam-  Dutch Gayana
» Taiwan-  Formosa
» Thailand-  Siam
» Togo-  Togoland
» Tuvalu-  The Ellice Islands
» Volgograd-  Stalingrad
» Zaire-  Congo
» Zambia-  Northern Rhodesia
» Myanmar-  Burma
» Zimbabwe-  Rhodesia