50+ New & Old Names of Different Countries in the World: General Knowledge

New Names	Old Names
Algeria	Numidia
Ankara	Angora
Australia	New Holland
Bangladesh	East Pakistan, East Bengal
Beijing	Peking
Belarus	Byelorussia
Botswana	Bechuanaland
Burkina Faso	Upper Volta
Cambodia	Kampuchea
Congo	Zaire
Czech Republic	Bohemia
Dhaka	Dacca
Djakarta	Batavia
Djibouti	Obock Territory
Ethiopia	Abyssinia
French	Gaul
Ghana	Gold Coast
Guyana	British Guiana
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese Guinea
Ho Chi Minh City	Saigon
Indonesia	Dutch East Indies
Iran	Persia
Iraq	Mesopotamia
Istanbul	Constantinople
Japan	Nippon
Lesotho	Basutoland
Libya	Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
Malawi	Nyasaland
Malaysia	Malaya
Moldova	Moldavia
Mali	Sudanese Republic
Manchuri	Manchukuo
Myanmar	Burma
Namibia	South-West Africa
Netherlands	Holland
New Zealand	Dominion of New Zealand
Oslo	Christina
Philippines	Shri Vijaya
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts-Nevis- Anguilla
Sri Lanka	Ceylon
Surinam	Dutch Guiana
Taiwan	Formosa
Tanzania	Tanganyika and Zanzibar, German East Africa
Thailand	Siam
Vietnam	French Indochina
Yangon	Rangoon
Zambia	Northern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe	Southern Rhodesia