Can you name the old or colonial era names of countries that have been renamed in recent times? by opk

Can you name the old or colonial era names of countries that have been renamed in recent times?

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Correctly named countrys will show up below
Click any empty New Name or Old Name to answer for that location
Source: Wikipedia
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New Name	Old Name	Year of Change
Iraq		1930
Iran		1935
Ethiopia		1941
Jordan		1946
Thailand		1949
Ghana		1957
Malawi		1964
Lesotho		1966
Botswana		1966
United Arab Emirates		1971

New Name	Old Name	Year of Change
Sri Lanka		1972
Suriname		1975
Benin		1975
Vanuatu		1980
Zimbabwe		1980
Belize		1981
Burkina Faso		1984
Myanmar		1989
Cambodia		1993
Democratic Republic of Congo		1997

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Renamed Countries Quiz

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Created Jan 26, 2011 in Geography
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	PAJ:	Jan 26th, 2011 at 16:31 GMT	5 points
	Very good quiz, knew there was a reason for being a British Empire stamp-collector in my (far distant) youth.

	finnoztoffee:	Jan 26th, 2011 at 18:01 GMT	0 points
	Wasn't Cambodia/Kampuchea known as the Khmer Republic as well? Don't know if the name was official, but I remember it in my school atlas in the 80's?

	bumfish:	Jan 26th, 2011 at 20:39 GMT	1 point
	Belgian Congo should be an acceptable alternative to Zaire

	Kahlvin:	Jan 26th, 2011 at 23:49 GMT	1 point
	Portuguese East Africa is the former name of Mozambibique. You could add that.

	XYlophonetreeZ:	Jan 27th, 2011 at 07:08 GMT	2 points
	@bumfish, it specifies the year as 1997, which implies that you are supposed to enter the name immediately preceding the change.

	opk:	Jan 27th, 2011 at 07:40 GMT	1 point
	@finnoztoffee: Yes, it was the Khmer Republic under Pol Pot's regime. Kampuchea was the later name following the Vietnamese occupation. I thought it best to include only the most recent name changes (otherwise you'd give away answers in the questions). I'm undecided on allowing earlier names such as Belgian Congo. You might then argue that Cambodia is an old name for Cambodia (pre-Pol Pot). @Kahlvin: There's quite a few former colonies that had fairly unimaginative names, mostly starting Portuguese-/Dutch-/British-/French- and I think the quiz is perhaps more fun without them. I've had another look through them and thrown in Suriname. The most recent renaming of a country is actually Yugoslavia but I left that out because Serbia and Montenegro is no longer a current country.

	johnny74:	Jan 27th, 2011 at 19:09 GMT	5 points
	I miss Zaire. I hate having to type in DRC for each quiz. Also Upper Volta sadly missed.

	carbon_rod:	Jan 27th, 2011 at 21:48 GMT	2 points
	According to wikipedia, Iraq was officially named that in 1920, not 1930. Also, Abyssinia became Ethiopia before 1975 (that was just when it became a republic); certainly it was officially Ethiopia in 1950 when it federated with Eritrea, and it was in use before then, but I can't seem to find an exact date.

	opk:	Jan 27th, 2011 at 22:10 GMT	2 points
	The year of the name change for Ethiopia does seem a bit unclear from the sources I have. A book I have seems to apply to name post-war. I think I'll change it to 1941 but allow Italian East Africa as an alternate answer.

	Jason_montyfan:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 05:15 GMT	1 point
	Taiwan please, it used to be called Formosa, until after WWII.