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Can you name the countries by its former name?
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former names
modern day countries
Dahomey
Upper Volta
Zaire
Abyssinia
Gold Coast
Maldavia
Burma
Ceylon
Formosa
Siam
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countries by former name Quiz
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3knamix
Created Jan 8, 2010 in
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Gullek
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Jan 8th, 2010 at 21:48 GMT
2 points
Taiwan is formerly "Formosa"
ddt
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Jan 8th, 2010 at 22:02 GMT
4 points
And Moldova formerly was Moldavia or Bessarabia.
RGJ
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Jan 8th, 2010 at 23:13 GMT
3 points
Waaay too much time here.
phildm
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Jan 9th, 2010 at 21:42 GMT
1 point
Yeah. Cut it down to one minute.
jm4425
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Sep 18th, 2011 at 18:18 GMT
1 point
You've misspelled Moldavia.
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