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Former Names: Miscellaneous

See also: Former Names Cities, Former Names Countries.

Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi – prior to World War I Click to show or hide the answer
Welsh county, 1974–96: previously Monmouthshire, succeeded by five unitary authorities (Newport, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire – the last covering about half the area of the traditional county) Click to show or hide the answer
Discovered in 1778 by Captain Cook, who named them the Sandwich Islands – in honour of his sponsor John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich Click to show or hide the answer
Dun Laoghaire (when Ireland was part of the UK) Click to show or hide the answer
Tamil Nadu (Indian state) – until 1967 Click to show or hide the answer
Formerly known as the Spice Islands Click to show or hide the answer
Country that occupies the island formerly known as Formosa Click to show or hide the answer
Named Van Dieman's Land by Abel Tasman, on discovery in 1642, after his sponsor, the Governor–General of the Dutch East Indies; proved to be an island in 1799 by Bass and Flinders; established as a British colony in 1825, and officially renamed in 1856 Click to show or hide the answer
Ancient city on whose site a later city called Ilium was built during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus (Ilium began to decline after the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD) Click to show or hide the answer
Norse/Viking name for North America Click to show or hide the answer

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