Old and New Names of Places

 

Old Name

New Name

Old Name

New names

Abyssinia

Ethiopia

Acre (Israel)

Akko

Angora (Turkey)

Ankara

Antioch (Turkey)

Antakya

Athinai (Greece)

Athens

Bombay (India)

Mumbai

Ceylon

Sri Lanka

Christiania

Oslo

Constantinople

Istanbul

Culkata (India)

Kolkuta

Dutch East

Indonesia

Dutch Guinea

Surinam

East Pakistan

Bangladesh

Farmosa

Taiwan

Fort Lamy

N Djamena

Frunze

Bishkek

Greenland

Kalaallit Nunaat

Holland

Netherlands

Kampuchea

Cambodia

Koin (Germany)

Cologne

Krugn Thep

Bangkok

Leningrad

St. Petersburg

Lyallpur

Faisalabad

Malagasy

Madagascar

Mesopotamia

Iraq

Montgomery

Sahiwal

Burma

Myanmar

Mysore

Karnataka

Peking (China)

Beijing

Persia

Iran

Pipri (Pakistan)

Bin Qasim

Rhodesia

Zimbabwe

Salisbury

Harare

Siam

Thailand

Tananarive

Antanagnarivo

Tripoli

Libya

Upper Volta

Burkina Faso

Wien (Austria)

Vienna

 

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