Abyssinia was the former name of Ethiopia and Sri Lanka was once known as Ceylon. Likewise there are many cities and countries that have changed their names over the years. Here is the list of such cities and countries with their new and old names.
Banjul : Bathurst
Beijing :Peking
Belize :British Honduras
Benin: Dahomey
Botswana :Bechuanaland
Burkina Faso :Upper Volta
Cambodia: Kampuchea
Chennai :Madras
Djibouti :French Somaliland
Ethiopia: Abyssinia
Ghana :Gold Coast
Guyana :British guiana
Hanoi: Kecho
Harare :Salisbury
Ho Chi Minh : Saigon
Indonesia :Dutch East Indies
Iran: Persia
Iraq :Mesopotamia
Istanbul: Constantinople
Jakarta: Batavia
Kinshasa :Leopoldville
Kolkata: Calcutta
Korea :The Hermit Kingdom
Laos: Lan Xang
Lesotho :Basutoland
Malawi :Nyasaland
Malabo :Santa Isable
Mumbai: Bombay
Myanmar: Burma
Namibia :South West Africa
Nauru :Pleasant Island
Oslo: Christiana
Sri Lanka: Ceylon
Stalingrad :Volgograd
St. Petersburg :Leningrad
Surinam :Dutch Guyana
Taiwan: Formosa
Tasmania :Van Diemen's Land
Thailand: Siam
Togo :Togoland
Tuvalu: Ellice Islands
Vanuatu :The New Hebrides
Yangon: Rangoon
Zaire: Congo
Zambia :Northern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe :Southern Rhodesia
Mali :Sudanese Republic
France: Gaul
Tokyo: Edo
Varanasi: Banaras
Dhaka: Dacca
The Netherlands: Holland
Malaysia: Malaya
Japan :Nippon
Odisha: Orissa
Puduchery: Pondichery
Shimla: Simla
Tanzania: Zansibar
Equatorial Guinea: Spanish Guinea
Bengaluru : Bangalore
Managluru :Mangalore
Bangladesh :East Pakistan
Kiribati: Gilbert Island
