Major Countries of the World and Their Ancient Names: Here is important general knowledge information about the present and ancient names of the world's major countries. Generally questions related to this list are asked in competitive exams. If you are preparing for various competitive exams like: IAS, Teacher, UPSC, PCS, SSC, Bank, MBA and other government jobs, then you must know about the old names of all the countries of the major countries of the world.
List of old names of all countries of the world:
Current names of major countries of the world | Ancient names of major countries of the world |
Ankara, Turkey | Angora, Turkey |
Algeria | Nimedia |
Ashwal (Ashapalli) | Ahmedabad |
Istanbul, Turkey | Constantinople, Turkey |
Ethiopia | Abyssinia |
Iraq | Mesopotamia |
Iran | Persia |
Abyssinia | Ethiopia |
Ellis Islands | Tuvalu |
Cambodia | Kampuchea |
Congo | Zaire |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Zaire |
Kampuchea | Cambodia |
Calicut | Kozhikode |
Central province | Madhya Pradesh |
Cape Canaveral | Cape Kennedy |
Constantinople | Istanbul |
Cochin | Kochi |
Korea (North and South) | Chosan |
Gilbert Island | kiribati |
Ghana | Ghana |
China (North) | Cathy |
China (South) | Manga |
Czech Republic and Slovakia | Bohemia, Moravia, Czechoslovakia |
Zambia | Northern Rhodesia |
Zimbabwe | Southern Rhodenia |
Tokyo, Japan | Edo |
Dutch East Indies | Indonesia |
Dutch Guiana | Surinam |
Tanzania | Tanganyika and Zanzibar, German East Africa |
Taiwan | Formosa |
Thailand | Siam |
Namibia | South west africa |
East pakistan | Bangladesh |
East Timor | Timor Lestal |
Formosa | Taiwan |
France | Gaul |
French sudan | Gardner |
French Somaliland | Djibouti |
Djibouti | Myanmar |
Basutholand | Lesotho |
Batavia | Jakarta (capital of Indonesia) |
Beijing, China | Peking, China |
Burkina Faso | Upper volta |
Bechuanaland | Botswana |
British Guinea | Guyana |
British Honduras | Belize |
India | Aryavarta |
Central African Republic, Chad | French Equatorial Africa |
Gardner | Sudanese Republic |
Moldova | Moldavia |
Myanmar | Burma |
Rwanda and Burundi | German east |
Africa | Libya Tripolitania and Cyrenaica |
lan zhang | Laos |
Vietnam | Cochin-China (South), Annam (Central), Tonkin (North) |
Sri Lanka | Ceylon |
St. Petersburg, Russia | Petrograd and Leningrad, Russia |
Ivory Coast | Cote d'voir |
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