Name changes, and alternative names, of many lands

Name changes, and alternative names, of many lands,

Bangladesh has been
East Pakistan, East Bengal (former names, English), People's Republic of Bangladesh (official, English)
Benin
(common, English) Dahomey (former name), Republic of Benin (official, English), République du Bénin (official, French)
Botswana
(common, English) Bechuanaland (former, English), Republic of Botswana (official, English)
Brazil
(common, English) Pindorama (native, pre-colonization, Tupi-Guarani)
Burkina Faso
(official, English and French) Upper Volta (former name, English), Haute-Volta (former name, French)

Canada
(official, English and French) Dominion of Canada (historical long form, English), Dominion du Canada (historical long form, French)
Central African Republic
(official, English) Oubangui-Chari (former, French), Ubangi-Shari (English), République Centrafricaine (official, French)
People's Republic of China
(official, English) China (common, ambiguous), PRC (initialism), Communist China (colloquial, mainly used by Western countries), Red China (colloquial, mainly derogatory), Mainland China(colloquial, refers to the area that the PRC Government administers since the end of the Chinese Civil War) , New China (colloquial, pro-Communist), Shenzhou, Ch'in Empire, Cathay
Republic of China
(official, English) Taiwan (common, slightly inaccurate), ROC (initialism), Chinese Taipei (international designation), Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (international designation), Taipei, China (international designation), Taiwan, Province of China (UN designation), Nationalist China (obsolete), Free China (obsolete, pro-Nationalist), Formosa (the old name of Taiwan, the main island that the ROC Government administers since the end of the Chinese Civil War)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(official, English) Zaire (former name; still occasionally used to distinguish it from Republic of the Congo), DRC (initialism), Congo Kinshasa (used in contrast to "Congo Brazzaville"), Belgian Congo (former name during Belgian colonization, English), Congo belge (former name, French)
Djibouti
(common) French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, French Somaliland, Obock Territory (former names, English), Territoire français des Afars et des Issas, Côte française des Somalis, Territoire d'Obock (former names, French), Republic of Djibouti (official, English), République de Djibouti (official, French)

French Republic
(official, English) France (common, English and French), République Française (official, French), L'Hexagone (often journalistic, colloquial French), Gaul (former name, English), Gaule (former name, French)

Federal Republic of Germany
(official, English) Germany (common, English), Deutschland (common, German), Bundesrepublik Deutschland (official, German; formerly meant only West Germany), BRD (German initialism), Allemagne (common, French), Alemania (common, Spanish), Germania (common, Italian)
Greece
(official English description) Hellas (official and common name), ("Hellada" common name in Greek), ("Hellas" official description in Greek), Hellenic Republic (official name of Greek state, English)
Guinea-Bissau
(common, English) Portuguese Guinea (former, English), Republic of Guinea-Bissau (official, English)

India
Bharat (official name in Hindi), Bharat Ga?arajya (official long form in Hindi), Republic of India (official long form in English), Union of India, Hindustan (unofficial name in Hindi/Urdu), Hind (name in Arabic/Persian/Urdu)
Iraq
Mesopotamia (former name)
Iran
Persia (former name)
Ireland
Ireland (official English name), Republic of Ireland (official English description), Éire (official Irish name), Poblacht na hÉireann (official Irish description), Erin (poetic name), Hibernia (Latin name, also poetic), Banba, Fodla (both poetic) Irish Free States (early name in independance to say it was independent) Southern Ireland (To differentiate from the North, to help people who do not understand the situation) Island of Ireland (Used by some to bring in whole of Ireland including the north, to emphasise unity)

Kazakhstan
(common, English) Republic of Kazakhstan (official English long name), Kazakstan (English passport short name), Rebublic of Kazakstan (English passport long name),

Lesotho
(common, English) Basutoland (former, English), Kingdom of Lesotho (official, English)

Malawi
(common) Nyasaland (former, English), Republic of Malawi (official, English)
Mexico
(shortened form) United Mexican States (official), Estados Unidos Mexicanos (official, Spanish), Mejico (Variant), MEX (initialism), MX (initialism)

Netherlands
(common, English) Kingdom of the Netherlands (official, English), Kingdom of Holland (former official name, English), Batavian Republic (former official name, English), Dutch Republic (former official name, English), United Provinces (former common name), Seventeen Provinces or Low Countries (former official names when united with Belgium and Luxembourg, English)
New Zealand
(official, English) Aotearoa (official, Maori)

Poland
(common, English) Republic of Poland (official, English), Rzeczpospolita Polska (official, Polish), Polska (common, Polish), RP (often journalistic, Polish), People's Republic of Poland (former Communist name, English), Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa (former Communist name, Polish), Rzeczpospolita (historic common name, Polish), Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (historic official name, English), Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów (historic official name, Polish)

Russia Russian Federation (official English description), (common, Russian), RF (initialism), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (former name), RSFSR (former name initialism), Rus (poetic or obsolete name, ambiguous), Roos (Hindi name), Great Russia (obsolete name) USSR (when unified with the rest of the Former USSR) Soviet Union (The same)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(official, English) Saudi Arabia (common, English), KSA (initialism), Saudia (former in English, common in Arabic) Arabia, (Anti monarchy name)
Serbia and Montenegro Srbija i Crna Gora (common, Serbian), Drzavna Zajednica - Srbija i Crna Gora (official, Serbian), State Union - Serbia and Montenegro (official, English), SCG (initialism, local), S&M (initialism), S&MN (initialism), Yugoslavia (former name, still in use)
Spain España (common, Spanish), Reino de España (official, Spanish), Espanya (common, Catalan)
Sri Lanka
(common, English) Ceylon (former, English), Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (official, English)
Suriname
(common, English) Dutch Guiana (former, English), Republic of Suriname (official, English)
Swiss Confederation
(official, English) Switzerland (common, English), Suisse (common, French), Confédération suisse (official, French), Schweiz (common, German), Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (official, German), Svizzera (common, Italian), Confederazione Svizzera (official, Italian), Svizra (common, Romansh), Confederaziun Svizra (official, Romansh), Confoederatio Helvetica, Helvetia (Latin, sometimes used officially), CH (initialism)

Tanzania
(common, English) United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (former, English), United Republic of Tanzania (official, English). The country is named after Tanganyika, its mainland part, and the Zanzibar islands off its east coast.
Thailand
Siam (former name), Kingdom of Thailand (official, English)
Transnistria
Pridnestrovie (official shortform name), Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica (official, longform)

United States
(shortened form) United States of America (official), America or the States (colloquial), U.S. (initialism), USA (initialism))
United Kingdom
(shortened form) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (official, English), Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon (official, Welsh), Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuath (official, Scottish Gaelic), Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Thuaisceart Éireann (official, Irish Gaelic), Rywvaneth Unys Breten Veur hag Iwerdhon Gledh (official, Cornish), Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland (Scots), Britain (colloquial), Great Britain (incorrect, colloquial), England (incorrect, colloquial), UK (initialism) United Kingdom (short form), Albion (Latin, poetic), Caledonia for Scotland only (Latin, poetic)

Vietnam
(common) French Indochina (former name under french colonization when united with Laos and Cambodia, English), Socialist Republic of Vietnam (official, English), parted in North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) from 1954 to 1975.

Zambia
(common) Northern Rhodesia (former, English), Republic of Zambia (official, English)
Zimbabwe
(common) Rhodesia or Republic of Rhodesia (former names, English), Republic of Zimbabwe (official, English)

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