1932: Colonial Name Changes Mar 30, 2020

Lots of former colonies changed their names after independence, like 'Zaire' to 'DRC, or 'Burma' to 'Myanmar' or 'Ceylon' to 'Sri Lanka' to something more traditional, though in the latter case 'Ceylon' wasn't a new name, but a transliteration of the Portuguese's own transliteration of the native name. However, many other countries make up totally new names, such as 'Tanzania', which is a portmanteau. It is derived from 'Tanganyika' and‎ 'Zanzibar' which merged to form the new country in 1964.