S.No |
General Knowledge – Old and New Name in World |
1 |
The Ethiopia (East Africa) old name was Abyssinia |
2 |
The Ankara (Turkey) old name was Angora |
3 |
The Lesotho (South Africa) old name was Basutoland |
4 |
The Jakarta (Indonesia) old name was Batavia |
5 |
The Myanmar (Asia) old name was Burma |
6 |
The Sri Lanka (South Asia) old name was Ceylon |
7 |
The Oslo (Norway) old name was Christina |
8 |
The Zaire (Central Africa) old name was Congo |
9 |
The Istanbul (Turkey) old name was Constantinople |
10 |
The Dhaka (Bangladesh) old name was Dacca |
11 |
The Indonesia (South-East Asia) old name was Dutch East Indies |
12 |
The Surinam (South America) old name was Dutch Guyana |
13 |
The Tokyo old name was Edo |
14 |
The Tuvalu (South Pacific Ocean) old name was Ellice Islands |
15 |
The Taiwan (East Asia) old name was Formosa |
16 |
The Ghana (West Africa) old name was Gold Coast |
17 |
The Kalaallit Nunaat old name was Greenland |
18 |
The The Netherlands (West Europe) old name was Holland |
19 |
The Cambodia (Asia) old name was Kampuchea |
20 |
The Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) old name was Leopoldville |
21 |
The Iraq (South-West Asia) old name was Mesopotamia |
22 |
The Lahore (Pakistan) old name was Mahmoodpur |
23 |
The Vanuatu (South Pacific Ocean) old name was New Hebrides |
24 |
The Japan (East Asia) old name was Nippon |
25 |
The Zambia (South-Central Africa) old name was Northern Rhodesia |
26 |
The Malawi (South-Central Africa) old name was Nyasaland |
27 |
The Tripoli (North Africa) old name was Oea |
28 |
The Beijing (China) old name was Peking |
29 |
The Iran (South-West Asia) old name was Persia |
30 |
The Yangon (Myanmar) old name was Rangoon |
31 |
The Islamabad (Pakistan) old name was Raj Shahi |
32 |
The Zimbabwe (South-Central Africa) old name was Rhodesia |
33 |
The Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) old name was Saigon |
34 |
The Harare (Zimbabwe) old name was Salisbury |
35 |
The Hawaiian Islands (The United States) old name was Sandwich Wands |
36 |
The Thailand (Asia) old name was Siam |
37 |
The Namibia (South-West) old name was South West Africa |
38 |
The Equatorial Guinea (West Africa) old name was Spanish Guinea |
39 |
The Volgograd (Russia) old name was Stalingrad |
40 |
The Tanzania (South-East Africa) old name was Tanganyika & Zanzibar |
41 |
The Zürich (Switzerland) old name was Turicum |