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Former Place Names of Countries and
Cities
| Current name |
Old Name |
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Ethiopia
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Abyssinia |
| Ankara, Turkey |
Angora, Turkey |
| Czech Republic and Slovakia |
Bohemia, Moravia, Chechoslovakia |
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Sri Lanka
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Ceylon |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
Constantinople, Turkey |
| Beijing, China |
Peking, China |
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Iran
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Persia |
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Iraq
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Mesopotamia |
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Zimbabwe
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Southern Rhodesia |
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Zambia
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Northern Rhodesia |
| Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Saigon, South Vietnam |
| St. Petersburg, Russia |
Petrograd and Leningrad, Russia |
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Thailand
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Siam |
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Tanzania
|
Tanganyika and Zanzibar, German East
Africa |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
Zaire |
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Namibia
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South-West Africa |
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Moldova
|
Moldavia |
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Burkina Faso
|
Upper Volta |
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Libya
|
Tripolitania and Cyrenaica |
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Algeria
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Numidia |
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Mali
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Sudanese Republic |
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France
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Gaul |
| Central African Republic, Chad |
French Equatorial Africa |
| Rwanda and Burundi |
German East Africa |
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China (north)
|
Cathay |
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China (south)
|
Mangi |
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Vietnam
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Cochin-China (south), Annam (central),
Tonkin (north) |
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Myanmar
|
Burma |
| Tokyo, Japan |
Edo |
| Korea (North and South) |
Choson |
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Cambodia
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Kampuchea |
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Taiwan
|
Formosa |
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