These ancient, alternative or former names for countries or regions are either completely or predominantly within modern country boundaries - but which one?
Fun quiz! One gripe... I wasted a lot of time trying to get Congo. If you're not going to accept "Congo" like most quizzes on the site, and you similarly don't accept "DRC," you could at least accept the official name of the country which is "Democratic Republic of THE Congo." Currently the quiz only accepts "Democratic Republic of Congo" which is not the country's official name.
Good point, thanks. It was meant to say "Democratic Republic of THE Congo" so I've corrected it now. It takes DRC also. I've also allowed it to accept "Congo", although of course there are two ""Democratic Republic of the Congo" and "Republic of the Congo".
Phew... 100% with 0:01 on the clock. Going down the West coast of Africa took a while to get to Spanish Guinea. Just knew it had to be there... somewhere.
What a great idea. I suppose if I were to nit-pick, Dalmatia is only part of Croatia - a bit like saying Wessex is a former name of England. But that's probably an occupational hazard with this kind of quiz, and you have said that in the description, which I hadn't read. A very nice quiz, very inventive.
Another really little-known one is that modern-day France was originally called Neustria. But you have France there already of course.
Banda Oriental for Uruguay (although, it did include a slice of Brazil), Thule for Iceland, Melita for Malta, Nubia for Sudan, Alash for Kazakhstan, Hairouna for St Vincent...
Another really little-known one is that modern-day France was originally called Neustria. But you have France there already of course.
Swaziland is now called Eswatini.
Burma is now called Myanmar.
Pleasant Island is now called Nauru.