OLD AND NEW NAME OF CITY AND COUNTRY

Old NameNew NameCountry/Continent
BataviaJakartaIndonesia(Asia)
BurmaMyanmarMyanmar(Asia)
AbyssiniaEthiopia(East Africa)
AngoraAnkaraTurkey
BasutolandLesotho(South Africa)
CeylonSri lanka(South Asia)
ChristinaOsloNorway
CongoZaireCentral Africa
ConstantinopleIstanbulTurkey
DaccaDhakaBangladesh
Dutch East IndiesIndonesiaSouth East Asia
Dutch GuyanaSurinamSouth America
EdoTokyoJapan
Ellice IslandsTuvaluSouth Pacific Ocean
FormosaTaiwanEast Asia
Gold CoastGhanaWest Africa
GreenlandKalaallit Nunaat(North America),Part of Denmark
HollandThe NetherlandWest Europe
KampucheaCambodiaAsia
LeopoldvilleKinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MesopotamiaIraqSouth westAsia
MahmoodpurLahorePakistan
New HebridesVanuatuSouth Pacific Ocean
NipponJapanEast Asia
Northern RhodesiaZambiaSouth central Africa
NyasalandMalawiSouth Central Africa
OeaTripoliNorth Africa
PekingBeijingChina
PersiaIranSouth west Asia
RangoonYangonMyanmar
Raj ShahiIslamabadPakistan
RhodesiaZimbabweSouth Central Africa
SaigonHo Chi Minh CityVietnam
SalisburyHarareZimbabwe
Sandwich WandsHawaiian IslandsThe United States
SiamThailandAsia
South West AfricaNamibiaSouth West
Spanish GuineaEquatorial GuineaWest Africa
StalingradVolgogradRussia
Tanganyika & ZanzibarTanzaniaSouth East Africa
TuricumZurichSwitzerland

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