Miscellany: Old /Ancient Name of countries & cities (free read in e-library)

Old Name/Ancient Name

New Name

Siam

Thailand

Sudanese Republic

Mali

Nyasaland

Malawi

Northern Rhodesia

Zambia

Bechuanaland

Botswana

Basutoland

Lesotho

East Pakistan

Bangladesh

Ceylon

Sri Lanka

Ellice Islands

Tuvalu

New Hebrides

Vanuatu

Southern Rhodesia

Zimbabwe

Upper Volta

Burkina Faso

Burma

Myanmar

South West Africa

Namibia

Zaire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Abyssinia

Ethiopia

Batavia

Jakarta

British Guinea

Guyana

Congo

Zaire

Constantinople

Istanbul

Dutch East Indies

Indonesia

Formosa

Taiwan

Gold Coast

Ghana

Holland

Netherlands

Ivory Coast

Cote D’lvoire

Kampuchea

Cambodia

Lan Xang

Laos

Malaya

Portuguese

Purushapura

Peshawar

Malaya

Malaysia

Malagasy

Madagascar

Mesopotamia

Iraq

New Spain

Mexico

Nippon

Japan

Peking

Beijing

Persia

Iran

Portuguese East Africa

Mozambique

Salisbury

Harare

Sandwich Islands

Hawaiian Islands

Trust Territory of New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Rangoon

Yangon

Angora

Ankara