A list of 32 words by nkocharh.
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- gwent appears on just this list
- mesopotamia appears on 4 other lists
- persia appears on 8 other lists
- transjordan appears on just this list
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Wordplayer What about Ferdinandea...it literally vanished! Dec 18, 2010
chatombre Yay for They Might Be Giants... and for this interesting list, as well! ;D Oct 14, 2007
nkocharh Hmm, I'm not sure, seanahan, and a couple minutes' research over at Wikipedia has me no clearer on the subject. It seems it has been called Somaliland for awhile, often with a European proper adjective tacked on the front, depending on who was occupying it at the time.
Thanks, kce, for your suggestions. I'm amazed I didn't manage to get Constantinople and Byzantium before now, and the other two were entirely new to me. Jan 5, 2007
seanahan Somalia changed its name, right? Dec 29, 2006
kce serendib, constantinople, byzantium, van diemens land Dec 29, 2006
whatever1013 people just liked it better that way. Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh Why they changed it, I can't say Dec 12, 2006
seanahan Even old New York was once new Amsterdam Dec 12, 2006
nkocharh We call these places by different names, now. Dec 11, 2006