Names of cities and countries that have both changed

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

This is a different place

Both have been called Republic of the Congo.

[cholo57]

Gran Colombia (1821 - 1831) in South América.

Distrito del Sur (Southern Distric) = present day Ecuador.
Distrito de (District of) Cundinamarca o (or) Nueva Granada = present day Panamá, Colombia.
Distrito (District of) de Venezuela = present day Venezuela....or should I say..Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

*At one time, what it is now the Dominican Republic (Haití español at the time), sent an envoy to ask for admission and help with their independence from Haiti, unfortunately, the man in charge..Libertador Simón Bolívar...had gone south in a campaign.

[Vlajos]

Byzantium to Constantinople to Istanbul

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Ariete

Both have been called Republic of the Congo.

Wasn't aware DRC ever was. But with two countries sharing the same name overall, guessed I missed that.

[chilaili]

British Honduras => Belize
Königsberg => Kaliningrad

[BIMBAM]

Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, Nouveau France/French Empire
Detroit, Upper Canada/British Empire
Detroit, USA

Plaisance, Terre-Neuve/French Empire
Placentia, Newfoundland/British Empire
Placentia, Dominion of Newfoundland
Placentia, Canada

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

Wasn't aware DRC ever was. But with two countries sharing the same name overall, guessed I missed that.

At one time - before Mobutu imposed the name "Zaire" on the bigger one - the two Congos were known as "Congo-Brazzaville" and "Congo-Kinshasa."

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by pch1013

At one time - before Mobutu imposed the name "Zaire" on the bigger one - the two Congos were known as "Congo-Brazzaville" and "Congo-Kinshasa."

Ok cool thanks for that. These world forums are the part of C-D where I actually learn new things. I take it this was just after independence? I know the bigger one was a Belgian colony. I don't know much about the smaller one.