abyssinia
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serendib
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byzantium
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calcutta
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rhodesia
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leningrad
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bombay
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peking
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zaire
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kampuchea
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persia
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gwent
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mercia
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nubia
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assyria
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albion
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siam
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ceylon
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Yay for They Might Be Giants... and for this interesting list, as well! ;D
Hmm, I'm not sure, seanahan, and a couple minutes' research over at Wikipedia has me no clearer on the subject. It seems it has been called Somaliland for awhile, often with a European proper adjective tacked on the front, depending on who was occupying it at the time.
Thanks, kce, for your suggestions. I'm amazed I didn't manage to get Constantinople and Byzantium before now, and the other two were entirely new to me.
Somalia changed its name, right?
serendib, constantinople, byzantium, van diemens land
people just liked it better that way.
Why they changed it, I can't say
Even old New York was once new Amsterdam
We call these places by different names, now.