Countries Which Changed Their Names

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[@General.Knowledge]

So which name do you prefer? Czech Republic or Czechia?

[@LunaStar5724]

The first.

[@zinrev4564]

Czechia

[@aisir3725]

So which name do you prefer Russia or Russian federation, srsly, they just made (noun) second official name when first was (adjective+republic)

[@LunaStar5724]

@@aisir3725 *The first*

[@Koala1203]

Czech Republic. Czechia doesn't fit very well for me.

[@abdulrahmanbinabdulaziz8242]

You missed a lot of countries: Siam to Thailand Burma to Myanmar East Pakistan to Bangladesh Gold Coast to Ghana Zaire to Congo French Sudan to Mali Mesopotamia to Iraq Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd to Saudi Arabia

[@MinecraftSMGbros]

yeah woww

[@tinylunaticinahugeworld]

maybe the second part is needed.

[@anthonygilford3097]

East Pakistan was only a region of Pakistan and only become Bengladesh when it became independent of Western Pakistan

[@abdulrahmanbinabdulaziz8242]

I found three more: Gold Coast to Ghana French Sudan to Mali Ottoman Sublime State to Turkey

[@leosalonen1564]

Maybe he should have been clearer than 'here is a few of the countries that have changed their name' in the video.

[@sergs1963]

British Honduras to Belize Dahomey to Benin British Guiana to Guyana Malagasy to Madagascar Formosa to Taiwan

[@jjanssen63]

and british guyana to dutch guyana, later changed to surinam

[@suzette1803]

Da homey???? The homey????

[@newzealandiamapper566]

Republic of China to Formosa to Taiwan

[@nicoleann6325]

Burma-->Myanmar

[@gabrieleberle4422]

The Island has been Called Formosa and Taiwan. The country has always been called the Republic of China.

[@Cube8]

In Greece, we have always called Czech Republic by its "new" name: Czechia.

[@pakicetuspl9658]

Cube8 in Poland we say :Czechy , Republika Czeska

[@folkehoffmann1198]

In German we usually say "Tschechien" and not "tschechische Republik" and I dont know if it was ever different after the separation of Czechia and Slovakia.

[@Sinpathie]

In north macedonia we say češka or czechia, I've never heard of anyone adding the "republic" in the end

[@OlalOop]

Same in Sweden ("Tjeckien")

[@angelosiosifiag6554]

True

[@Coolbreeze02050]

Im surprised he didnt mention Burma changing to Myanmar or Zaire changing to the DRC

[@alainnsengamukomo643]

you are right, i'm also suprised !

[@Critique808]

Cool breeze. Siam changed to Thailand.

[@commemorative]

And the USSR changed to the Russian Federation, Chechnya, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan,

[@johnnybaseball1152]

United States of Indonesia to Indonesia only.

[@turqoiseketchup4414]

Czech Republic is still the official long name, Czechia is a new (also official) short name (the same as Slovak Republic vs Slovakia or Russian Federation vs Russia). Also, Czechia is Česko in Czech, Bohemia is Čechy, there's a MASSIVE difference. Bohemia is only one out of three parts of the country, the others being Moravia and Czech Silesia. If you call the entire country Bohemia, people from the eastern part of the country will certainly not be happy about it.

[@TobuscusGameing]

Turqoise Ketchup I sure do wonder where this guys from

[@stevethomas5849]

I often wonder what would it be if the King or Queen would return so it would have to drop the repulic

[@szescians]

What about pronauncing Czechia as "Shekia"?

[@turqoiseketchup4414]

Paweł Kulas That triggered me too but I don't mock people because of their accent and in this case I wasn't sure whether it's bad pronunciation or just his accent.

[@naturecomics]

@@turqoiseketchup4414 Tzekia?

[@Koala1203]

What about Siam to Thailand

[@msmvini8823]

Ou burma to Myanmar

[@abrissimon914]

or zaire to d.r. congo

[@victorluispadilha5111]

Or Republic of the United States of Brazil to United States of Brazil to Federative Republic of Brazil

[@msmvini8823]

@@victorluispadilha5111 Brasil tem nem graça velho kskdkdkslslsk

[@matthewhemmings2464]

koala1203 I think Siam never changed its name. Siam is an exonym and the Thai people never called themselves Siam, after the revolution in 1932 they simply started using Thailand in official documents without ever going through a name change like Persia.

[@muhammadhaboub5814]

Rhodesia to Zimbabwe Nyasaland to Malawi Upper Volta to Burkina Faso Malagasy to Madagascar Dahomey to Benin French Sudan to Mali Benin and Mali being added👍🏽

[@perlex9791]

Burma to Myanmar

[@emmayoung736]

Actually, DRC was at first called Belgian Congo. When they became independant, they changed their name to The Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the 1970s, the name was changed to Zaire. And then in 1997, the country became The Democratic Republic of the Congo once again.

[@TheDaibu]

@@emmayoung736 ...So, it's still "Zaire to Congo."

[@emmayoung736]

Yeah. But it's also Congo to Congo to Zaire to Congo

[@ranchocommodorereef]

Oh yeah Upper Volta did become Burkina Faso

[@rafaatadamrzazadeh4119]

How could you confuse Swaziland and Switzerland ? Australia and Austria : Hold our beer please !!!

[@courtneylaine8112]

When I was in America, I, an Australian, met a guy from Austria. We then met a Bermudian guy who asked us if we knew each other before getting to America because we were from the same country. We had such a good laugh in our respective accents. Bless his cotton socks. (For the record, no we did not know each other)

[@Darkest_matter]

@@courtneylaine8112 aah Americans. They think Pakistan is in the middle East when, it's right next to China. Literally thousands of miles away.

[@Spanish_Conquistador]

When I was young like 8 I actually did confuse em

[@elevenb6967]

@@Darkest_matter Your FIRST mistake was thinking that this guy is American. He CLEARLY is not. Second, your "literally thousands of miles away" logic is flawed. Mumbai is "literally thousands of miles away" from Hong Kong. Yet, they're both in Asia. So, there's that. -_-

[@gowonsseesaw1990]

ah yes Slovakia and Slovenia

[@vincegonzalez2171]

"Translate it to the English so it would be Cape Verde" Wouldn't the English translation be Green Cape?

[@KysonChannell]

Technically yeah

[@MajaxPlop]

It's the Cape word only he's talking about I think

[@muhammadfarhan581]

Verde means green

[@mario_aleex]

@@muhammadfarhan581 in romanian too

[@joaopedropeixoto8558]

Nope. That Cape was named "verde" because of the color, sure, but later on it became the actual name of the place. Names, as you may know, are not translated. So, in English, it's still Cape Verde. The same applies for Rio de Janeiro, for instance. If it was actually translated, americans and the British would call it January River, but that's not the case.

[@larry7898]

So many more! Some less commonly known ones: British Honduras -> Belize New Hebrides -> Vanuatu Gilbert Islands -> Kritibati Ellice Islands -> Tuvalu South-West Africa -> Namibia Bechuanaland -> Botswana Nyasaland -> Malawi You can probably do separate episodes for former British and former French colonies!

[@victorvintagefoto1991]

This counties got their independence, en that came with a name change. The video is about already indipendent countries that changed their name.

[@kalanaherath3076]

The reason why the Portuguese called the island "Ceilão" is because they named it after the majority race of the country, the 'Sinhala' people

[@Amharizz]

Where is that?

[@xunbaluba415]

@@AmharizzSri Lanka

[@usuarioyoutube2000]

Ceilão comes from the "páli language - _sihala_" meaning "land of lions".

[@jadenramesh3505]

Kalana Herath how does ceilão sound anything like Sinhala

[@gowthamspeed2590]

Don't forget that Tamil people's are they are our brothers love from Indian Tamil (Tamilnadu)

[@thefitness.gram.pacertest]

Fun fact: the country Swaziland officially changed its name to eSwatini in 2018 and is the only country ever to have the first letter of the name a small letter and the second letter to be a capital. You'll never see me again so have a nice day ✌☘🇮🇪

[@LBRF1_]

why

[@thefitness.gram.pacertest]

@@LBRF1_ in the siSwati language, like other Ngunu languages, uses prefixes aswell as suffixes to show the relation of words to eachother

[@LBRF1_]

@@thefitness.gram.pacertest no, that’s not the question. why won’t i see you again?

[@LBRF1_]

and i saw u today so

[@thefitness.gram.pacertest]

@@LBRF1_ ooohhhh well u probs just wont see another comment of mine

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

If your African country is getting confused with Switzerland, I'd say that's good for tourism.

[@guidojansen6720]

They should rename their capital to Zurich

[@thekrieg4251]

@@guidojansen6720 the swiss capital is Bern

[@guidojansen6720]

@@thekrieg4251 Switzerland does not have a capital officially

[@abandonedchannel7277]

@@guidojansen6720 Yeah but all their government building are in Bern.

[@guidojansen6720]

@@abandonedchannel7277 that doesn't automatically make it a capital. Carefully read the Wikipedia page about Switzerland and you will see that Switzerland don't acclaim a capital.

[@wernercaspary7159]

Next week I am going skiing in Swaziland and the week after a safari in Switzerland. Greetings from Germany...🍺

[@thisisallmyfault6631]

...

[@Bernardoskau]

ITS ESWATINIII

[@summeronio9751]

Hey now...its Confoederatio Helvetica

[@jamesrehan9969]

You can ski in Swaziland, and Switzerland offers skiing safaris. I’m assuming you meant this? Have fun! (This is a joke for all of you idiots out there)

[@dhruvagiwal8465]

Swaziland has ice???

[@Yudentheepicboy]

Nation found by French and Portuguese Everybody: Let's give it an Irish flag

[@callumwalsh6248]

Its actually an irish flag backwards

[@Cjnw]

Chad: *hOlD mY rOmAnIaN fLaG!*

[@mrbisshie]

@@Cjnw Chad really should change it, so it's less confusing. Also, the Romanian flag isn't very good in the first place.

[@christi98n]

@@mrbisshie what s wrong with it?

[@lordbonney9779]

Upper Volta holds the old German Imperial Flag

[@northumbriabushcraft1208]

A good one is Taiwan used to be called Formosa. As well as Thailand being Siam previously.

[@legitimatefbr9714]

So Formosan termites are Taiwanese termite?

[@psal8715]

Personally i think Eswatini sounds way better the Swaziland.

[@Saucyakld]

Agree! It was named after the Swazis, a tribe. It's like saying do you come from Holland? No, I was born in Nederland! Gets right up my nose!

[@RandyRandomson]

You mean eSwatini lol

[@psal8715]

@@RandyRandomson It is Eswatini on google maps, but yes.

[@huntervoskanian3224]

If you're an og, you call it Swaziland

[@3434-b1u]

I think it doesn't

[@atrillagaming7805]

02:11 Czech Rep. : We got a shorter name! Czechia Dominican Rep. : We got a shorter name! Dominica Dominica: aM I JoKe tO yOu

[@jamesluisrodriguezsolly9062]

There are different countries. Dominican republic speak Spanish ,race 85% black and 15% white while Dominica speak English, race 95%black

[@jamesluisrodriguezsolly9062]

Ok

[@magnificent_music_]

@@atrillagaming7805 yeah u do

[@Quacktum]

Dominica: Yes

[@atrillagaming7805]

@Lolrence thanks btw

[@bnnexo8012]

Oh man, You forgot this. *Siam → Thailand*

[@YK-xh3ls]

Also Zaire to DR Congo

[@fastcarlol2541]

Bengal to Bangladesh

[@maninbots2601]

@@YK-xh3ls Zaire was made up of 2 countries. Republic of The Congo and Democratic Republic of The Congo

[@ajpell3219]

Formosa to Taiwan?

[@cristopersalcedo59]

Burma to Myanmar

[@galaxypl7756]

In Poland it was always "Czechy"

[@moistskinidiouhehskillme]

No, Czechy means Bohemia, Bohemia Is just one of the czech lands, in Czechia Is Bohemia, (Bohemia Is in West of Czech rep.), Moravia (Moravia Is closer with Slovakia) and czech silesia (silesia Is closer to Polish silesia in Poland)

[@alfonsmelenhorst9672]

Also in the Netherlands is was always "Tsjechië" , which is the same as Czechy

[@moistskinidiouhehskillme]

@@alfonsmelenhorst9672 yes, but Tsjech...Is Czechia, not Czechy, Czechy (Bohemia, Čechy..) in netherlans means Bohemen

[@moistskinidiouhehskillme]

@@alfonsmelenhorst9672 Bohemia Is like Holland. Holland Is just a part of Netherlands.

[@alfonsmelenhorst9672]

@@moistskinidiouhehskillme So what is the difference between Czechia and Czechy? Is the second one plural of the first?

[@chraman169]

Whoever confuses Swaziland with Switzerland needs help

[@davidjooste8465]

That would be the swazi king

[@GFSLombardo]

I think perhaps "his majesty" may have been making a little joke: Its G0OD to be KING! (Mel Brooks)

[@kartyrn9254]

swaziland is not Swaziland Its now called Eswanti

[@mh4rkgil]

Swaziland changed Eswanti

[@MMMM-pq1cj]

Well, there are people that are confused by sweden and switzerland.

[@DrMarco-ps4jw]

Its prounounced not “shekia” its “chekia”

[@jnurse24]

Well he’s got an accent, so idk

[@timoseaotter]

I say shrekia

[@DrMarco-ps4jw]

SearOtterFilms 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Savage...

[@ggghhf8127]

It's my country!! In Czech is Česko = Czechia and Česká Republika = Czech Republic

[@pukita7278]

he did the portuguese spelling, (he is portuguese), " chekia", is read "shekia" in portuguese , written chequia, or chekia, and said "shekia", the "chekia", is read "tchekia"

[@Omidion]

Nice of you to mention Yugoslavia, but should have ended the name change debacle to present. My grandpa lived his life in 7 countries without leaving this home. There was A LOT of personal document change. "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" (1918) >>> "Kingdom of Yugoslavia" (1929) >>> "Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia" (1945) >>> "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (1963) >>> "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (1992) >>> "Serbia and Montenegro" (2003) >>> "Republic of Serbia" (2006)

[@richiliux2377]

Zaire -> D.R. Congo

[@hongkongsmartboy]

DR Congo -> Zaire (1971-98) -> DR Congo

[@JamesDavy2009]

North and South Rhodesia became Zimbabwe and Zambia.

[@JeroenJA]

to be complete : before 1960 : Belgian Congo --> 1961 DR Congo-Kishasa --> 1971 Republic of Zaire --> 1997 DR Congo the Zaire part was part Mobutu mass name changes, to distant the country from it's colonial past in place names. Of course Mobutu was a dictator, so the country name change by him, got reversed after his reign.. ps, he claimed Zaire as a African origin name for the country, while it was some Portuguese for river , so just linked to an other colonial past of African countries.. While Congo, came from the Congo river, and an old same name African Kingdom that once existed. So Congo was always more real African then Zaire..

[@alexlopez4574]

Doctor congo

[@JeroenJA]

@@pixiepandaplush i prefer Zaire, cause Congo to me relatated more to the time French minority dictated all in Belguim...

[@WallePC]

who would confuse the European Swaziland with the African Switzerland??? they seem so far apart lol

[@goodknyght4319]

LMAO

[@illuminateplay3187]

I see what you did there...

[@TrangDB9]

Lots of people confuse Switzerland with Sweden.

[@miguelrodrigues2705]

@@TrangDB9 portuguese for example use suiça and suecia (read suisa and suesia in english approx) for switzerland and sweden respectivly

[@1Juanse1]

Walle031106 PC In Spanish speaking countries a lot of people confuse Suiza (Switzerland) with Suecia (Sweden)

[@joeybird5477]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo used to be named Zaire

[@karencash39]

@Green98 because they changed their government from fascism to democracy

[@skinni153]

and then before zaire it was congo.

[@rumcajsz2868]

@@skinni153 Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Republic of Congo Léopoldville

[@acat3772]

It's a dare

[@subhajitdutta2989]

@@karencash39 I wish India did the same

[@LouisMota]

“For some reason it changed its name to just Jordan.“ Reason was the annexation of the West Bank by Jordan. Now it had both sides of the bank

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Also "beyond the Jordan" highly depends on from which side one is looking.

[@Jj-or5ix]

Shrekia or Shrek republic is my favourite country

[@jadenramesh3505]

*Jас не сум геj* capital : my swamp

[@heroisbanned2]

@@jadenramesh3505 xD SHREKia

[@furry2k176]

Šrekia

[@goodlovely8513]

Jaden Ramesh привет ????

[@mickazajakot7002]

Ti ne si gej

[@rfixed]

1776: United States of America 2019: Divided States of America

[@l.berisha3176]

whoisaffiq @ You are absolutely right thanks to this idiot president we have !!

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Not the first time either! The upright and moral North and the wicked and debauched slaveholding south.....

[@l.berisha3176]

Jonathan Williams @ Your stupidity is blessed. Where would America be today had your southern friends wan the war ? Just think about it if your not to stupid to think ??

[@freshavocado4827]

you have just made my brain die

[@l.berisha3176]

Jonathan Williams @ My question is how stupid can a-hillbilly be ? Never mind I can see by reading your bullshit !! There is no limit to their stupidity !!

[@Ogeroigres]

You are pronouncing Czechia incorrectly. It should be pronounced as "Checkia", not "Sheckia".

[@gayvideos3808]

I think he knows that; he just has trouble pronouncing it.

[@pinkywind1302]

he is portuguese, and in both portugal and brazil portuguese we say Shekia because in portuguese, people normally say República Checa rather than República Tcheca.

[@unematrix]

Or, you know, it's an accent. That's why so many names are pronounced differently in different languages

[@leejohnson179]

Same discussion here applies to his pronunciation of Cape Verde.

[@GazilionPT]

@@pinkywind1302 You're right about Portugal but wrong about Brazil. In Portugal we write República Checa (and 'ch' in Portuguese is pronounced as 'sh' in English) In Brazil they write República Tcheca, precisely to make the sound like "Cz", not "Sh"

[@josejeovaze4802]

As a brazilian who speaks portuguese, I can tell why the name Ceilão. It used to be sihala, which means land of the lions in their language and we portuguese speakers have this tendency to adapt words to our language without translating it so we transformed sihala into Ceilão. We did something like that with the word delete, in portuguese should be apagar, but we transformed into deletar instead.

[@Penguin-ur5wd]

It is actually Bosnia and Herzegovina not Bosnia Some people get triggered because of that so I just wanted to address it

[@mail2257]

And republic of srpska

[@dreadlindwyrm]

@bis225 Unlike The United States of America The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Bear in mind that when you shorten Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bosnia you are ignoring the entire region of Herzegovina, and the people that live there. it's somewhat like referring to the UK as just "England", and ignoring the existence of the Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish, only somewhat more sensitive at the moment.

[@akoden2667]

Bosnia I Herzegovina*

[@hugo57k91]

@@akoden2667 Bosnia and Herzegovina is the English name. Bosnia I Herzegovina is a made-up mix. Bosna I Hercegovina is the Bosnian name

[@akoden2667]

Hugo 57k thanks for correcting me I’ll be sure to use proper name

[@sendr5968]

Me: *sees Czechia highlited * Also me: Dobrý den!

[@SouthEastTrainspotter]

Similar to polish I can easily read it it says in polish dobry dzien which is good day

[@antonioluciovivaldi2127]

Same in Russian as well

[@starinalog5547]

In Serbian language it is "dobar dan" which also means good day

[@hebek158]

Dobry den

[@backup-pn1od]

Dobryi den'

[@EliuszHadrian]

Where is Burkina Faso = Upper Volta?

[@moopybobsayhi6480]

I never herd Upper Volta, but I herd Burkina Faso

[@EliuszHadrian]

@@moopybobsayhi6480 Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara.

[@laurenclark2646]

He said he was doing a few not all

[@odanilooliveira]

Is that a country? Never heard of it.

[@alexdelaloire8739]

@@odanilooliveira of course it's country, you need to learn african geography😉!

[@ivanangelov8825]

Funny how in Bulgaria we use some old names for some countries, we use at all time Czechia, which is even easier written in cyrillic - Чехия, we use also Germania, for China we use Kitai. The list might go on, but I am too lazy for that :D

[@tomascosta627]

Hey bro you said "Cabo Verde" perfectly, are you portuguese?

[@tomascosta3900]

I thought the exact same thing.

[@mrtfff]

Me to like he said that so perfectly

[@fuerteesc]

Yes I think

[@tomascosta627]

@@EACArq i've seen some other videos and yeah, he's gotta be portuguese

[@sabrinavb957]

Same thoughts

[@stellarktg5149]

Burma and Myanmar- a huge change

[@placeholder8768]

Stellar Kartograff Burma and Myanmar are both still used but ok-

[@rudrapsarkar]

not huge, just same word, different pronunciation. if you say it a burmese accent it is closer to mya-ma. just like sri lanka/ceylon

[@mikemrod-7167]

n o Still used but it’s officially now recognized as “Myanmar” while some people still refer to it as its former name “Burma”. Many people still refer to Mumbai as Bombay (Yes I know it’s a city) or Many people also refer to Ho Chi Min City as Saigon.

[@lord_nn]

I'm a Burmese and I still prefer the name Burma.

[@firstname5556]

@@mikemrod-7167 Lol The *capital, flag & country's name* were changed by the military government without popular consensus. One day when the military is no longer in power and the country goes fully democratic, all of these changes will likely be reversed. Burmese democratic leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi always refers to the country as Burma.

[@ya-boi-cblyth7448]

Rhodesia and Zimbabwe

[@stgermain6488]

Ya-Boi-CBlyth Rhodesians never die

[@5-Minutegeography]

I think Rhodesia applied to a bigger region in southern Africa, but yes you're right it should be mentioned (among many others).

[@radioandtvmemories6178]

@@5-Minutegeography Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Northern Rhodesia became Zambia, Nyasaland became Malawi and Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia, which was shortly known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and then as Zimbabwe

[@redlioness6627]

The British never ever called Ceylon "Say-Lon"! It was always called "See-Lon"!

[@apicado]

Here’s why the Portuguese originally called Sri-Lanka Ceilão: From the word சேரன்தீவு - Cerentivu or Cherantheevu. Sri Lanka was in ancient times inhabited by the Nagas and Yakshas. The Nagas were known in Old Tamil as சேரர் (Cherar or Cerar), meaning hill or mountain people. The word தீவு (tivu or theevu) means island, hence Cerentivu means “island of Cheras”. From the word Cerentivu, the Romans called Sri Lanka Serendivis and the Arabs called Sri Lanka Serendip (Serendipity is originated from this word). From this word, the Greeks called Sri Lanka Sielen Diva, and from the word Sielen many European names were derived including the Portuguese Ceilao, Dutch Zeilan and British Ceylon. I wish they’d stuck with Serendip.

[@yeright4625]

Wth is serendip

[@architdutta8288]

Actually it is not Sri Lanka it is lanka after Ram visit Lanka to save his wife and killed ravan it name changed to Sri Lanka.

[@hilatv2343]

Foreigners call it Albania but we albanians call it Shqiperia

[@joebarbosa1942]

Sri Lanka or ceilao part of the Portuguese colonies formalities.

[@moon_wei]

I had a stroke trying to read the hindu (?) word

[@vinodmoonesinghe7773]

"Ceylon"/"Ceilão" derives from the "Sihalam" on "Sinhalam", a Tamil name for the island (meaning "land of the Sinhalese"), itself derived from the Prakrit "Siela Diva" (Island of the Sinhalese). The country was also known as "Singhala" (used by the 4th Century Chiese pilgrim Fa Xian) or "Sinhalay". Sri Lanka means "Resplendent Island", "Lanka" meaning "Island" in Sanskrit. It was known as Lanka from early times, also as Lanka Deepa or Lak Diva (Island of Lanka - a tautology) - as evidenced by the 3rd-4th century Pali chronicles.

[@nasiaking]

In 10 to 11 century it was Chola Mandala

[@francescocaiaffa5389]

Thankyou for this explanation my friend....very interesting.....i didnt know this......

[@fastcarlol2541]

1000 iq brain time

[@sasmalprasanjit2764]

Every indian knows Lanka, Sri Lanka as Kingdom Island from Ramayana since 5,600 bce. In all Hindu scriptures.

[@faithlesshound5621]

Ceylon was pronounced "Si-LON," not "SAY-lon."

[@stewiegriffin1777]

who would be so dull to confuse the European nation of Switzerland with the African kingdom of Swaziland.

[@stafer3]

Every time there is country name selection, like for example when you are choosing your keyboard language layout and you are scrolling through names. As someone from Slovakia, I often have to double check if I didn’t miss-clicked Slovenia. Because when you are scrolling you are usually only focusing on first few letters. So I can completely understand if someone does that mistake. Not to mention actual talking. Since I’m not native speaker all similar sounding words, just sound similar.

[@ColePenner]

Stewie Griffin I mean they’re both mountain countries ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@playgirl7305]

@@ColePenner it is no longer called Swaziland

[@playgirl7305]

Swaziland changed its name recently.

[@ColePenner]

Play Dog hmm I do, in fact, already know this.

[@nexerkarigum4031]

Cape verde in polish is "Wyspy Zielonego Przylądka" and we always calling it like that, same with ivory coast, we always named it "Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej",

[@taco_2675]

wow. I had no clue about SHREKia.

[@billrobertjoe]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@jadenramesh3505]

Taco ಠ_ಠ capital: my swamp

[@Hannodb1961]

Uhm. Rhodesia to Zimbabwe Basotho to Lesotho Betchuanaland to Botswana South West Africa to Namibia Congo to Zaire and back again Malawi also used to be called something else, i believe

[@Hunty-pf2do]

finally i found a Bech. to Bots.

[@henrysun5660]

Hannodb1961 yes Malawi used to be called Nyasaland

[@unknownneverr]

Malaya to Malaysia

[@liliekernizan7028]

Upper Volta to Burkina Faso

[@rogermargalef4076]

Careful! Maybe I am wrong, but I feel we should establish a clear difference here: on one hand, countries that have changed their name from a colonial one to an independant one, such as Nyassaland to Malawi, North Rhodesia to Zambia, South Rhodesia to Zimbabwe and so on... and on the other hand, countries that have actually changed their name while being fully sovereign countries, such as Zaire to Democratic Republic of Congo (in 1997), Swaziland to Eswatini (2017), FYROM Macedonia to North Macedonia (2019) or even more recently Holland to Netherlands (January 2020). Being so, I understand the video is explaining only cases of fully sovereign countries, and not the ones that changed name when becoming independant. However, there are many cases still missing, like Burma to Myanmar (2010) or Republic of Venezuela to Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (1998), just to mention two.

[@liyufkir8351]

You also forgot Ethiopia which was called Abyssinia before

[@Melina-nd9ji]

Never changed it was another name of Ethiopia

[@octavianpetre9498]

I think you could also add Burma/Myanmar and Burkina Faso/Upper Volta. Nice job btw :)

[@shehran6936]

You should do a video on countries that have different names for themselves. For example, in English it's called Armenia but in Armenia it's called Hayastan. In English it's called India but in India it's called Bharat/Hindustan. In English it's called Japan in Japan it's called Nippon. In English it's called Greece but in Greece it's called Hellas/Ellas. In English it's called Germany but in Germany it's called Deutschland

[@gayvideos3808]

Pretty much every country is like that

[@shehran6936]

@@gayvideos3808 nope, not really. These are complete word changes, not just pronunciation and a few letter changes.

[@Bazinga3972]

It is called Nihon not niPPon wtf is niPPon?!

[@shehran6936]

@@Bazinga3972 it's spelt Nippon, that's what it is.

[@Bazinga3972]

شھران بلؤچ i can speak Japanese we call it Nihon, nobody says nippon.

[@alejandroc.a.5960]

Nice detail to have the countries anthems when you talked about them.

[@syawalhamidi]

Siam to Thailand Burma to Myanmar Federation of Malaya to Malaysia (Malaya+Sabah+Sarawak)

[@hashar9593]

Maitsaire -> Hungary

[@zavierchua1008]

Malaya To Federation of Malaya

[@jameschristianarmada4434]

dont include sabah...its ours (philippines)

[@lyson7473]

No it's Malaysia now.

[@syawalhamidi]

@@jameschristianarmada4434 Okay, keep claiming...

[@kandipiatkowski8589]

The area of Poland has changed names quite a few times (Prussia, Germany, Poland, etc), to indicate a change in leadership. It would be interesting to hear more about that. I have ancestors that came from Danzig, Prussia, but apparently that city goes by the name Gdansk, Poland. I am aware that there is a city in Germany called Danzig, but all the research my family has done shows the Poland location on a map. Several cities changed their name over the years.

[@anthonybanlawijr.parangmag9727]

Burma: Myanmar Siam: Thailand Formosa: Taiwan Mesopotamia: Iraq Anatolia: Turkey

[@toddhoward7649]

Turkey was never called anatolia

[@doguluvatandaslarizinaliyi4036]

Region is called Anatolia or Asia Minor not the state

[@minihwas]

Formosa means beautiful in Latin :)

[@angelolaurenzaMJJ]

Iraq has been always called Iraq. Mesopotamia was the name the Greeks gave it during the Macedonian empire, but it's name was Uruk, than transliterated in Iraq, just like Iran

[@grdn2607]

Scotland was Albania

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Under Donald Trump, China has changed its name to "Tchai-nah"

[@DavidPDoder]

@John Rambo Johnny, dude. The Trumpster call it "Jaina" as in vagina. He has a real problem with reality. I'm sure you know what I mean.

[@CommanderStupid]

Nice

[@ryankanton]

No it should be Chingto

[@aleppogameingreal]

@Trevor The Collector You mean 'your stupidity'? Also, can you respect everyone's opinion and stop throwing hate at people?

[@niamhha9014]

As you're the one getting offended, it appears that your stupid is showing.

[@GazilionPT]

Transjordan ("On the other side of the river Jordan") became Jordan when, after the Arabs lost the war against the newly-formed State of Israel, Transjordan annexed the West Bank (or Cisjordan, i.e., "On this side of the river Jordan"). The country had then territory on both sides of the river, hence the name change. When Jordan lost the West Bank in 1967, after the Six Days War, they kept their name unchanged because changing it back to Transjordan would be akin to accepting the territorial loss.

[@BamBamGT1]

They did accept the loss. In 1988 they withdrew al their claims to the West Bank in favor of the PLO, and revoked the Jordanian nationality from the Arabs of the West Bank, who then became the Palestinians.

[@adantarango5288]

You make very valid points about the different countries and cultures

[@TributesAndUnique]

Persia and the Czech Republic sound cooler tbh

[@LovePrayGame]

TributesAndUnique Czech sounds like chick

[@bremCZ]

@@LovePrayGame Only if you pronounce one of them wrong.

[@LovePrayGame]

Brem still they are similar

[@linusfotograf]

Persia sounds good but CP sounds too formal.

[@TheStugbit]

Bohemia sounds cool, though.

[@papapapa16]

Island: exists* Portuguese: it's real free estate!

[@fastcarlol2541]

Spain: yes

[@ap6480]

Overused meme, i mean its an historic meme so its kind of impossible to be original but come on, the same memes over and over again

[@mcray0309]

I’m so happy Swaziland changed the name, as a wee lad I was so confused as to why the Swiss were in Africa

[@chaick5148]

It was still called 🇸🇿 Swaziland in English

[@montenegromapper01]

Montenegro changed it’s name many times through history. These are all of the Montenegrin countries that ever existed (in historical order): Princedom of Dioclea (Kneževina Duklja) Kingdom of Dioclea (Kraljevina Duklja) Zeta under the Balšić Dynasty (Zeta pod Balšićima) Zeta under the Crnojević Dynasty (Zeta pod Crnojevićima) Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro (Mitropolstvo Crnogorsko) Principality of Montenegro (Knjaževina Crna Gora) Kingdom of Montenegro (Kraljevina Crna Gora) Zeta Banovina (Zeta Banovina) Montenegro Under Italian Governante (Crna Gora pod Italijanskom Vlašću) Montenegro Under German Governante (Crna Gora pod Njemačkom Vlašću) Socialist Republic of Montenegro (Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora) Serbia and Montenegro (Srbija i Crna Gora) Republic of Montenegro (Republika Crna Gora) 1200 godina Istorije, od nastanka do danas, Ime države možda se promijenilo, ali Narod i Sloboda nikada neće! Da je Vječna Crna Gora!🇲🇪

[@ramonvanderkrogt6757]

Shekia 😂

[@dzivri]

My guess is that the guy making this video is a native speaker of Portuguese. It is extremely difficult for Portuguese speakers to say CH like most other people. I teach English to foreigners in the US and I have a lot of experience with Brazilians. I find it fascinating that in situations where we say Ch in English, they’ll say Sh, HOWEVER when they pronounce the letter T in most cases they say CH. For example 22 for a Brazilian person is Chwenty Choo. Laptop is lappy-choppy. What’s even funnier, is that they always try to convince me that they say everything right. Side note, the guy in the video also says YugoZlavia.

[@ImitationBro]

Good video, but for the entirety of that SHekian section my ears were bleeding

[@colinafobe2152]

dont forget Shri Lanka

[@slaw1990]

Oh lord it killed me hearing this part... č makes a different sound to š 😩

[@BeorEviols]

@@colinafobe2152 "Shri" Lanka is correct

[@elidik8290]

Kazakhstan's capital changed it's name from Astana to Nur-Sultan

[@stCenturySchizoidMan-tm4kj]

But before it was Akmola, then Akmolinsk, then Tselinograd and only then Astana and Nur-Sultan.

[@fifthape2119]

There's a country called Germany/Allemagne/Alemania/Tedeschi/Deutschland. Dutch people are from Holland/Netherlands.

[@fabianreusch4870]

Also Tyskland I believe 🤔

[@niamhha9014]

And keep in mind that Holland doesn't make up all of the Netherlands.

[@shizukamori6755]

You just translated Germany into French and German. But it's still the same name.

[@akari8168]

What ?

Alemania is literally Germany but in Spanish.... same goes with the other Germanies that are just in a different language

[@patrickmwamwongi5288]

Thanks for the narration.. Next time remember to include a name change of Tanganyika to currently Tanzania...

[@Potet50]

I love this kind of videos!

[@areez3433]

*these kinds of videos

[@tomaszkolodziej6266]

@@areez3433 *kind

[@angelokimi]

Suggestions for Part 2: Upper Volta - Burkina Faso Siam - Thailand Formosa - Taiwan Burma - Myanmar Rhodesia - Zimbabwe

[@croc3537]

Marechal Zolotoy wait what

[@yuriang_8050]

@Marechal Zolotoy it's unidentified...yes...

[@yuriang_8050]

@Marechal Zolotoy exactly

[@akashx]

@Marechal Zolotoy 🇹🇼

[@nya305]

What about Germany xD?

[@_Bandara_]

(9:12) Ceylon to Sri Lanka🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 one of most beautiful island with people who know what hospitality is really❣️👌🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@nebula8152]

Ela

[@nebula8152]

@@oldaccount9623 first you must look at your country before blame to others

[@_Bandara_]

@@oldaccount9623 we can understand that Sri Lanka is far better than your country. ❣️That's why you are so hateful😂

[@_Bandara_]

@@nebula8152 he's just ashamed about his country bro😅

[@nebula8152]

@@_Bandara_ thanks

[@michaelberthelot3594]

Persia became Iran in 1935. The 1979 Islamic revolution had nothing to do with the change from Persia to Iran! Before the 1979 revolution, the country was a monarchy. The monarch was know as the Shah of Iran. The only name change the Islamic revolution brought was the change of the official name of the country from the Imperial State of Iran to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[@shiranthafonseka6944]

Srilanka was named as Thambapani, Tatrobane, serandib and ceylon for more than 2500 years ago.🇱🇰

[@NoName-sz5lu]

In our country Egypt is called/pronounced : Mishor. Egypt is probably used by Europeans like Persia.

[@BamBamGT1]

Mishor is the arab name, the original name is actually km.t, more commonly known as Kemet. Egypt comes from what the ancient greeks called it: Aigyptos.

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

That makes sense because when the Arabs conquered the Byzantine province of Egypt they changed the name but the West kept it in it's old form. Perhaps it's time for a change?

[@NoName-sz5lu]

@@christianfreedom-seeker2025 I'm not Arabic. I'm south Asian.

[@nancy7258]

@@BamBamGT1 its actually masr in egypt and misr in fusha and most other arabic dialects

[@harshitha4204]

Kemet

[@carlosoleiro3453]

It's really nice when you encounter your fellow countrymen doing stuff you are used to only watch from outside people. Keep it up! Continuação do excelente trabalho! Força nisso! :D

[@vimukthifernando9305]

Most of the times your background music is National Anthem of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🖤

[@ft.shandilya]

In 9:30 Ceylon was long back referred as Lanka in ancient Literature of India describing events as old as 4000 b.c. Lanka is the land of the antagonist king Ravana in 'Ramayana'. N.b. The original name of India is Bharat Barsha and it's in constitution

[@ekkarachmo2677]

India named after Indus river.

[@dakshtheidiot]

Ekkarach Mo Yes and...

[@LHGaming25]

@@ekkarachmo2677 India is a name given by british Bharat or Hind is original name of our country

[@doxterstockman188]

Ramayana is just a fictional story It didn't happened really.. Buildings and temples were built by their beliefs

[@kamerad-dog]

Thailand was once called Siam until they changed it in 1948.

[@danielconde13]

Very good pronunciation of "Cabo Verde"! Actually for us Portuguese, "Cape Verde" sounded utterly dumb: to translate it all to "Green Cape" would be fairly acceptable, but "Cape Verde"... Fun fact, once Portugal sought to reach India by sea by navigating around Africa, there's a lot of region and city names that were given by the Portuguese, some of them still in use today in its original form, or anglicized, along the way between the two countries. Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, is Portuguese for "lakes"; Cape of Good Hope was named by Bartolomeu Dias, symbolizing the hope that the way to India was now within grasp since the African continent southernmost point was finally reached; the Natal area of South Africa was named by Vasco da Game in his way to reach India by sea for the first time in History in the Christmas of 1497 - Natal is the Portuguese word for Christmas.

[@terr1x-161]

He's portugese

[@hitsugayatoshiro9517]

Cabo means whore in my language lol

[@Goated_Earl_Sweatshirt]

In my language it's mantello verde

[@wellplayed4497]

You guys were real interested to reach India Profit is profit I guess.

[@jumpingjflash]

Concerning Persia, before the Islamic revolution, I have always heard the leader of Persia to be referred to as the 'Shah of Iran'. In all my 25 years before the revolution I never heard the term 'Shah of Persia'.

[@josemanueldamasio89]

Ceylon, old name of the country derived from the Pali language "Sinhalana" meaning "land of the lions". I just use Google 😄

[@kutnahora100]

Wow, no wonder I have been hearing about Czechia in the past month. So, the country are gradually transitioning to CZECHIA. Same as Slovak Republic to just SLOVAKIA.

[@pargatsingh5261]

U missed recently “Burma” renamed to “Myanmar”

[@boilledwater_3306]

Yeah so?

[@limes194]

Burma -> Birma -> Myanmar

[@mcfcfan1870]

Egypt maybe? Although maybe in Coptic Egyptian they still call it Kemet

[@pedrocantovitz5247]

As a portuguese speaker i think that the name "Ceilão" started in reference tô the siri Lanka people, there a Lot of suffix tô determine where a people is from, like -ão (catalÃO - Catalunha), -ano (italiANO - Itália), -ês (francês - França) etc

[@dil9402]

As a Sri Lankan, I too think the same ..As I know for the main ethnic group in Sri Lanka (Sinhalese ) the Portuguese used the name Cingala (Which has to be Sinhala in our language) from that word can be this derive has taken place.

[@Sheldaschannel]

Greeks called the island Sielen Diva - could be derived from that. I'm a Sri Lankan

[@dil9402]

Greeks called Sri Lanka Thaprobana en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taprobana

[@bluemail8752]

Lanka was the classical name bestowed on the island by the Ramayana, an ancient Indian epic. A possible theory is that the name Lanka is derived from the Tamil word "ilanku" (இலங்கு), which means "to shine" or "to glitter", thus making Lanka a name that means "that which glitters". It earned this name on account of the glittering of the gold and gems found on its surface. Arabs called it Serendib derived from old name "Seran Tivu". And Greeks called Taprobana derived from Thamiraparani means 'copper colored'.Also the Tamil word Eelam (ஈழம் ), was used to designate the whole island in Sangam literature.

[@penguinlover2k195]

Provavelmente deve ter sido isso

[@rcdacat1921]

Is this guy Portuguese? Because he just said the "ão" from ceiling well

[@Vinicius_Berger]

Probably. Because the way he said "Cabo Verde" also sounded like a Portuguese. We would pronounce it differently here in Brazil.

[@Vinicius_Berger]

Both countries speak the same language, but there are some differences in accents, just like English from UK vs USA or Spanish from Spain vs Latin America.

[@pihuts8921]

@Nameless Gamer gmr indigenous languages are only used within indigenous tribes or communities. The only official language is Portuguese.

[@filipemachdo1460]

Is Portuguese!!!!

[@Polocool]

@@Vinicius_Berger Latin America don't have the same accent in the whole continent, México don't have the same accent than Argentina, and this one don't have the same than Chile, only a few countries share the same accent, like Argentina and Uruguay

[@muhsinabrar9118]

How about Myanmar?

[@lewatoaofair2522]

HOW DID THAT ONE NOT GET TALKED ABOUT, HERE!?

[@MinecraftSMGbros]

ikr

[@jacobdean6989]

@@jubileegabrielmateo7437 no

[@bigeboye6000]

@@jubileegabrielmateo7437 its like calling Germany the German reich, its no longer an official name of any sorts.

[@odanilooliveira]

loophole Germany is how english speakers call them not their real or official name

[@Hashbrown21]

Persia in the Persian language is Pars or Parsa. It was the city from which the Persian empire was governed for many years. The Greeks called it Persepolis meaning city of Persians. The whole country was called Aryan which over time became Iran. So yes the country was never referred to as Persia by Iranians. It would be as if to call the whole of Italy Rome because of the Roman Empire.

[@ortizricci]

And what's the problem with calling the country out of its capital city? Mexico was named Mexico after the capital of the country and nobody is complaining!!

[@Hashbrown21]

@@ortizricci Nothing wrong with it if the name of the country was the same name as its capital like the Mexico example you gave. But Iran was always called Iran and its capital cities were always given a different name. You wouldn't call the US Washington for example or call France Paris. Some people still call Iran and other Persian speaking countries Persia referring to when it was the Persian empire but the country itself has always been called Iran / Aryan

[@thadeusgaspar224]

some i havent seen anyone mention: Gorkha to Nepal New Granada to Granadine Confederation to United States of Colombia to Colombia Khmer to Kampuchea to Cambodia

[@viralnepal5188]

Thadeus Gaspar Sorry dude Gorkha is the the one district of Nepal being a nepalese citizen i know very well about my country.

[@Pikachu0071000CS]

Few mistakes I noticed: 1: It's the Republic of North Macedonia, not Northern Macedonia 2: It's eSwatini, not eSwaitini 3: The eSwatini name change happened in 2018 not 2017.

[@dtsnico7812]

Lo Pikachu the 1 one changed recently

[@Pikachu0071000CS]

Mãch. Saók yes, it changed from Macedonia/FYROM to North Macedonia.

[@dtsnico7812]

HellenicNationalist actually fyrom has a bit of land from Macedonia and they connect it to the ancient kingdom of macedonia, Tito brainwashed them to think like that

[@alexandrosapostolidis5391]

@United Macedonia You're both sick. Stick to today borders; no border north of Greece has any reason to be annexed to Greece and the Slavic, Albanian, Roma and Turkish population of North Macedonia has nothing to do with modern day Greek Macedonia and with the ancient Greek history of Macedonia. You're a modern multicultural country and that's fine, you just need to accept it and be respectful.

[@WatchmanofMKDN]

HellenicNationalist even if the ancient Macedonians moved near Switzerland, it wouldn’t change the fact that they’re the true descendants of the ancient Macedonians. The ancient Macedonians WERE NOT GREEK, everyone who isn’t Greek understands that so what right does Greece have in claiming their ancient history???? The Macedonians have been living around the same territory with the same name for over 3000 years and to say they don’t have the exact land mass as 2000 years ago is a pathetic argument 😂😂😂because the borders of Macedonia were actually changed in 1913. Greece was fully liberated in the 1800’s and Macedonia was still under ottoman control until 1913 so how can it be Greek land????😂 You people don’t even know about your own independence 😂😂😂

[@-SUM1-]

It's Plurinational State of Bolivia, not Plurinational Republic of Bolivia. Edit: Also, North Macedonia, not Northern Macedonia, and eSwatini, not eSwaitini.

[@San_Vito]

The United Provinces of Río de La Plata was not a short-lived State. It still remains as one of the official names of Argentina under the Constitutions of 1994 (Art. 35). You could add Argentina to the list of "countries that changed names" and it'd be more accurate.

[@edfreei9562]

*This is the origin of the name Indonesia* 🇮🇩 1297 (before the 8th century) -Tionghoa homeland archipelago named *Nan-hai (South Sea Islands)* . -India named this island *Dwipantara (Tanah Seberang Islands)* . -Arabs call the area which later became *IndonesiaJaza’ir al-Jawi (Java Islands)* . In the 12th Century The Majapahit Kingdom nicknamed its territory under the name *Nusantara* . 15th Century Herodotus, an Ancient Greek historian, initiated the name *Indies* . 18th Century During the Dutch colonial period, Indonesia was known as *Nederlandsch Oost-Indie* or it could also be called *Nederlansch Indie* . 1800 *Dutch East Indies (Hindia-Belanda)* was formed as a result of the nationalization of the Dutch colonies. 1820-1887 Eduard Douwes Dekker once proposed a specific name to mention the Indonesian archipelago, namely *Insulinde "Indian Archipelago" (Latin insula means island)* . 1850 George Samuel Windsor Earl, a British ethnologist changed the name of the Dutch East Indies to *Indunesia* . 1850-1925 Then James Richardson Logan, a Scottish scholar, replaced 'u' in 'Indunesia' to *Indonesia* . 1942-1945 While the Japanese occupation government used the term *"To-Indo" (East Indies)* . 1945 At independence, the term *Republic of Indonesia* was officially used as the name of the country. 1949 Originally Indonesia changed its name to *Republic of the United States of Indonesia* . 1949-Present And in the end at that time the name *Unitary Republic of Indonesia* became the name that we know until now.

[@firdaus8081]

agree,

[@nadiyasyifa1]

Indonesia ✊🇮🇩

[@wearemalaysia3172]

Wow cool history, from Italy

[@firstographyphotography4888]

🇮🇩🇳🇱❤

[@yeright4625]

Wow

[@shmuelparzal]

I'm from Sri Lanka, the old name was pronounced sil-LON, not SAY-lon

[@lionsword7950]

Ceylon

[@alexdelaloire8739]

In french it's Ceylan so well

[@hh3012]

Its called Ceylon

[@henriquesoares2343]

In portuguese the word Ceilão is closer to Say-lon so I'm guessing that is the correct pronuntiation in English

[@odanilooliveira]

The Portuguese pronounce is Say-Lon (Ceilão)

[@Dilshan_Shanuka]

You put Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 National Anthem Music to the end 😍😍😍😍

[@-Sam-.]

Fun fact: Ireland also changed its name in the 20th century when we gained our independence we used the name "Irish Free State" now it is just called "Ireland" most people use "Republic of Ireland" but the proper name for our country is "Ireland" after the island

[@divyde_]

I think people use republic of ireland sometimes cus its not all ireland

[@-Sam-.]

@@divyde_ Well its called Ireland so- its name is not called Republic of Ireland thats what every single thing related to Ireland says(besides if its N. Ireland)

[@divyde_]

@@-Sam-. oh i understood you were talking abt some people saying republic of ireland instead of ireland

[@Artceps]

heres one u missed British-Honduras - Belize i only know this cuz of my ancestors, but cant put my hand on the year

[@Chunchiism]

You are right and the year was 1973. I know because Im Belizean.

[@mncedisimdlalose8998]

More info about this video

[@shubiraleticia6120]

Hi I'm from Tanzania. I think that Tanzania is one of them because it is a union of two countries (Tanganyika and Zanzibar)

[@stepanzatloukal3381]

When i am tired i say Czechia and when i’m writing something important i write Czech republic

[@mjaned0528]

Lol

[@chaick5148]

I also write Czechia and Eswatini as still Czech Republic and Swaziland.

[@OKingSizeTv]

Brazil, in it's earliest history was called Pindorama (land of the palm trees) by some of it's indigenous people (the tupis). Later when the portuguese arrive they first named the land Terra de Santa Cruz (land of the holy cross) and a few years later Terra de Vera Cruz (land of the true cross). They finally settled on the name Brazil because of the redwood 'pau brasil' that was extracted in the early days of colonisation. One thing I find interesting is that the name Brasil in portughese is actually an adjective meaning 'like embers', so that in the end Brazil's name just means red or more specifically ember red.

[@viktor7208]

O fato de ter vindo da árvore não é a única versão

[@Mick_Unfiltered]

Literally none of us call it czechia, also it’s pronounced “Check” not “Sheck”

[@Itzarzky]

Google maps does

[@Mick_Unfiltered]

@@Itzarzky does google speak for czechs? thats the dumbest comment ive ever read. "buzzfeed quiz says am gay, i must be gay then"

[@Itzarzky]

@@Mick_Unfiltered Well I’m not saying google maps was the Holy God of map naming, I was saying google maps recognizes Czechia as Czechia. What about Cabo Verde/Cape Verde? And Burma/Myanmar? Are they gonna protest in the streets because 2 names that have one meaning, and they used one of them? No. They used one of them, get over it. We know exactly what country you’re talking about when you say at least one of their names.

[@Itzarzky]

@@Mick_Unfiltered And I’m sure YOU don’t speak for all Czhecs. Because I’m 100% sure there are many Czechs who like the name Czechia, and recognize the country’s name as such.

[@Mick_Unfiltered]

@@Itzarzky I am literally czech, I’m allowed to have an opinion on this. You are no czech so kindly fuck yourself :)

[@ImStevan]

10:28 you literally started the vid with North Macedonia

[@ImStevan]

@Marino BiH Swaziland - this is the most recent change I could find North Macedonia was literally right there

[@GlenSantoz]

Hi, I found a possible meaning for Ceilão. Os portugueses chamavam a ilha de "Ceilão", baseando-se em "Sinha", que era um outro nome em sânscrito para a ilha e que significa "leão". The Portuguese called the island as Ceilão because of the word Sinha that was another name in Sanskrit for the word island and means lion.

[@usuarioyoutube2000]

Ceilão comes from the "páli language - _sihala_" meaning "land of lions".

[@NikhileshSurve]

9:38 I think the Portuguese name _Ceilão_ (most likely pronounced as Ceelan, just like "ão" in São Paulo is pronounced as "San") probably came out of mispronunciation of _Sri Lanka_ itself.

[@MedK001]

The guy in the video pronounced it correctly. He's a Portuguese native speaker.

[@NikhileshSurve]

@@MedK001 So you're saying the pronunciation of 'Ceilão' in Portuguese & 'Ceylon' in English is the same?

[@MedK001]

@@NikhileshSurve Compare 9:14 and 9:24 (where he's saying Ceylon in English) with 9:26, where he says Ceilão, in European Portuguese.

[@NikhileshSurve]

@@MedK001 Yes I suppose there's some difference that can be spotted there. But now if you read my comment again with the 9:38 time stamp you'll see my comment really isn't about correcting his pronunciation but about his question regarding the reason Portuguese chose that name. The pronunciation part in the bracket that I've mentioned (which seems to give the impression I'm correcting his pronunciation) is just to explain my comment from my point of view that Portuguese word 'Ceilão' probably comes from the mispronunciation of 'Sri Lanka' itself (which is the older name for the island) which they may have heard it something like 'Si lank'.