Old & New Names of Different Countries & Places
1. The Trucial Coast is a former name of the United Arab Emirates.
2. The old name of Jordan is Transjordan.
3. The old name of Quetta is Shalkot.
4. The old name of Hungary is Magyar.
5. Old Name of Palestine is Canaan.
6. The old name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon.
7. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the old name of the CIA.
8. The old name of Ghana is Gold Coast.
9. Hajr (Øجر) was an old city that served as the capital of Province “Al-Yamamah,” and the modern name of this city is Riyadh.
10. Norway’s capital is OSLO. The old name of OSLO was Christiania.
11. The old name of Zambia is Northern Rhodesia.
12. The old name of Astana city, which is recently renamed to Nur-Sultan, is Akmola.
13. The old name of Libya was Tripoli.
14. Salwan kot is the old name of Sialkot.
15. Old Name of Squash is Rackets.
16. Nippon is the old name of Japan.
17. Formosa is the old name of Taiwan.
18. Saigon is the old name of Ho Chi Minh City.
19. The old name of Egypt was United Arab Republic.
20. Jahangir Nagar is the old name of Dhaka.
21. The old name of Korea is Choson.
22. The old name of Saudi Arabia was Najd And Hejaz.
23. Grand Old Party is also known as the Democratic Party.
24. The old name of Zimbabwe is Southern Rhodesia.
25. Upper Volta is the new name of Burkina Faso.
26. “Chennai” is the new name of Madras.
27. Athens is the new name of Athinai.
28. The new name of the country Swaziland is eSwatini.
29. Ghana is the new name of Gold Coast.
30. The current name of the country that was formerly known as Burma is Myanmar.
31. The new name of the city that was previously called Constantinople is Istanbul.
32. The country that was previously known as Ceylon is Sri Lanka.
33. The current name of the city that was once known as Peking is Beijing.
34. The city that was previously known as Bombay is Mumbai.
35. The new name of the country that used to be called Czechoslovakia is the Czech Republic.
36. The current name of the place that was once known as Rhodesia is Zimbabwe.
37. The country that was previously known as Abyssinia is Ethiopia.
38. The new name of the landmark that was formerly known as the Sears Tower is Willis Tower.
39. The city that was formerly known as Batavia is Jakarta.
40. The new name of the country that used to be called Persia is Iran.
41. The city that was previously known as Stalingrad is Volgograd.
42. The current name of the country that was once known as Siam is Thailand.
43. The city that was formerly known as Calcutta is Kolkata.
44. The new name of the country that used to be called East Pakistan is Bangladesh.
45. The city that was previously known as Byzantium is Istanbul.
46. The new name of the country that used to be called Dutch East Indies is Indonesia.
47. The country that was previously known as Siam is Thailand.
48. The country that was previously known as French Indochina is Vietnam.
49. The country that was previously known as Dutch Guiana is Suriname.
50. The city that was formerly known as Calcutta is Kolkata.