Can you name the countries that have these former colonial names?

Colonial Name	Country Name
Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchina
British East Africa
Dahomey
Middle Congo
Gilbert Islands
British Honduras
Upper Volta
Northern Rhodesia
New Hebrides
Spanish Guinea
Portuguese Guinea
French Guinea
British Guiana

Colonial Name	Country Name
Territory of the Afars and the Issas
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Ellice Islands
French Sudan
Gold Coast
German Southwest Africa
British Central Africa Protectorate
Ubangi-Shari
Aden
Basutoland
Portuguese Timor
British North America
Tanganyika

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Countries' Colonial Names Quiz

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	charolastra:	Mar 2nd, 2012 at 18:57 GMT		17 points
	Ubangi-Shari is a way cooler name than Central African Republic.

	Davidos:	Mar 2nd, 2012 at 22:57 GMT		10 points
	Seems like the major European countries just had to have their own Guinea.

	Tobsodan:	Mar 3rd, 2012 at 14:12 GMT		2 points
	@ Davidos: yes, Danish, Dutch, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese Guinea and then the British Guinea coin to top it all off!

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	the_nard_dog:	Mar 5th, 2012 at 01:51 GMT		3 points
	You should add Portuguese East Africa. That was Mozambique.

	LacsiraxAriscal:	Apr 12th, 2012 at 23:12 GMT		2 points
	.... Where was DANISH Guinea? :P Also, I just couldn't get "Guinea" for "French Guinea"... Too busy thinking of French Guyana...

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	Jeffhabfan:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 22:51 GMT		3 points
	While the USA was a part of the British Empire at one point, it was never a part of what was commonly called "British North America". The term was not commonly used until the 'Report on the Affairs of British North America' in 1839, long after the United States had formed their own nation.

	Patricknoddy:	Sep 15th, 2012 at 15:33 GMT		2 points
	The USA was never united like Canada, so it never had one official name for all 13 colonies.

	osasunaitor:	Nov 15th, 2012 at 23:41 GMT		1 point
	@LacsiraxAriscal: Danish Guinea (more commonly known as Danish Gold Coast) was today's southeast Ghana, which was sold to the UK in 1850, according to wikipedia. There were even settlements called Christiansborg or Fredensborg, typical danish names.

	rickgr:	Dec 28th, 2012 at 20:48 GMT		1 point
	Ones that could be added: Dutch Guiana, New Hebrides, Belgian Congo, Southern Rhodesia, Basutoland. Probably more--I just remember these off-hand from when I was young. And if you wanted to mess with people's minds and dupicate countries, Nyasaland and French Somaliland. Kamerun might be nice, just to see if people might connect its German colonial name with what it's called today. If so, it's a gimme. Though THAT one was before my time.

	rickgr:	Dec 28th, 2012 at 20:50 GMT		1 point
	Whoops. I see Basutoland is already there.

	rickgr:	Dec 28th, 2012 at 20:51 GMT		1 point
	And the New Hebrides. Oh, well. Some are new suggestions. I'm just too old to know which.