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Catshark 4 year s ago
#9 this is bs. Just like any other colony, German south west Africa was taken away after ww1. It was controlled by South Africa and called south-west Africa until 1990.
       
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Legs 4 year s ago
#1 about The Netherlands is complete nonsense, since 1814 it`s called The Netherlands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
       
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Visit 4 year s ago
Legs,
#1 also in Germany we still call it "Holland", this name was never really taken away from them.

#4 well, the more important thing that happened was 1993 when Czechoslovakia separated into Czechia and Slovakia.
       
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Driver 4 year s ago
Most of these are examples of the local people ridding their country of their colonial names.
Too many times, incorrect names are applied to places for the sake of a foreigner's convenience. eg Munich and Cologne are not the names of the places.....
       
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Back 4 year s ago
USA is the only country in the world without a real name!
       
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Harmless 4 year s ago
There were No "the original inhabitants of the islands" in Cape Verde when were "discover".
       
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Cape Verde -> Republic of Cabo Verde

The country of Cape Verde changed its name to the Republic of Cabo Verde, or simply “Cabo Verde” back in 2013 as a nod to the original inhabitants of the islands back in 1444.

 

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