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Similarly, as a non-European, when did the "Czech Republic" becomes "Czechia" (at least on Google Maps)?
by ethbr0 5y ago
Similarly, as a non-European, when did the "Czech Republic" becomes "Czechia" (at least on Google Maps)?
- Luc 5y agoJanuary 19, 2017.
- aix1 5y ago> when did the "Czech Republic" becomes "Czechia" "On 17 May 2016 the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations informed the UN that the short name to be used for the country is Czechia." [1] The official full name in English continues to be "the Czech Republic". [2] [1] https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/czechoslovakia https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/czechoslovakia [2] https://unterm.un.org/unterm/Display/record/UNHQ/NA?Id=4275087d-4018-4082-899d-95f37efeda65 https://unterm.un.org/unterm/Display/record/UNHQ/NA?Id=42750...
- cmutel 5y agoThe official ISO shortname changed on Sept 28, 2016: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:CZ https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:CZ. Wikipedia has a good discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic
- oh_sigh 5y agoSince you're out of the loop, FYI Swaziland is now Eswatini!