What are some countries that changed their names? (1 Viewer)

[athenaaa]

Turkey changed its name to Turkiye ​

 

[Chiara]

Czechiaslovakia changed its name to Czech Republic (when it separated from Slovakia) and then to Czechia. oh, and there used to be a country called Yugoslavia, but that dissolved in like the '90s, iirc?

 

[Angel_Bae]

India was originally known as Hindustan before it separated from Pakistan, although some ppl still call India Hindustan

 

[Ahsoka]

Eswatini used to be Swaziland. Zimbabwae used to be Rhodesia. Burkina Faso was Upper Volta. These are just a few of the African countries that changed their names after colonialism, there are a lot of them.

 

[Ahsoka]

Czechiaslovakia changed its name to Czech Republic (when it separated from Slovakia) and then to Czechia. oh, and there used to be a country called Yugoslavia, but that dissolved in like the '90s, iirc?

Czech Republic is still an official name, it’s just that Czechia is now an official shortened name that can be used in English also. As for Yogoslavia, it dissolved into multiple counties after its fall. But those divisions already existed as republics, such as the Serbian republic, Croatian republic, Slovenian republic, ect so it wasn’t really a name change as much as a division into regions that already had names attached to them.

 

[Ahsoka]

Oh and an interesting one is Côte d’Ivoire. They used to accept Ivory Coast as their English name, which is the direct translation of their name. However, they have officially made their name the French version only, so for official reasons Ivory Coast should not be used. Unofficially people still call them Ivory Coast though

 

[Chiara]

Czech Republic is still an official name, it’s just that Czechia is now an official shortened name that can be used in English also. As for Yogoslavia, it dissolved into multiple counties after its fall. But those divisions already existed as republics, such as the Serbian republic, Croatian republic, Slovenian republic, ect so it wasn’t really a name change as much as a division into regions that already had names attached to them.

...well, like I said, it used to be Czechiaslovakia lol

 

[Ahsoka]

...well, like I said, it used to be Czechiaslovakia lol

Yeah that’s parts absolutely true. I didn’t take any objection to that bit i guess it does also mean that Slovakia has changed its name, they both have

 

[HelloGoodbyeDie]

Siam to Thailand

 

[uran]

I would have thought finland wasnt always suomi but from quick google glance we have been suomi as long as theres been record, how boring

 

[Selfmate]

I wonder if any country since January 2023 have changed their names and FAILED TO INFORM SELFIE

 

[uran]

I wonder if any country since January 2023 have changed their names and FAILED TO INFORM SELFIE

they know not to mess with selfie