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"Tokyo" replaced "Tokio" in about 1930: http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=tokyo.tokio http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=tokyo.tokio ["Tokyo" is somewhat

"Tokyo" replaced "Tokio" in about 1930: http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=tokyo.tokio http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=tokyo.tokio ["Tokyo" is somewhat closer to the Japanese pronunciation] "Muslim" replaced "moslem" in about 1988: http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=moslem.muslim http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=moslem.muslim [Apparently for good reason: http://hnn.us/article/524 http://hnn.us/article/524 ] "Peking" was replaced by "Peiping" in 1930, but it was back to "Peking" in 1962, and then finally changed to "Beijing" in 1985: http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=peking.beijing.peiping http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=peking.beijing.peiping

oska 12y ago
The history of, and explanations for, the varieties of names for Beijing ('northern capital') is so complex and detailed that it gets its own wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing See also [1]: Bosat Man, Backhill/Peking/Beijing (1990), which is not currently included as a reference in the above wikipedia article. [1] http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp019_peking_beijing.pdf http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp019_peking_beijing....
NAFV_P 12y ago
Tokyo used to be called 'Edo'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo
DanBC 12y ago
Constantinople vs Istanbul shows a nice clean switch: http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=constantinople.istanbul http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=constantinople.istanbu... Burma vs Myanmar is messier http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=burma.myanmar http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=burma.myanmar
- pessimizer 12y ago
  That one is a bit controversial because 'Burma' was changed to 'Myanmar' by the military dictatorship.
  - levosmetalo 12y ago
    Why would that be controversial? State changed it's official name and newspaper started to call it by its new name.
    - selectodude 12y ago
      A lot of people didn't consider the military junta to be a legitimate government, and as such, couldn't have changed the name of the country. Even wikipedia still calls the country Burma.
    - cynicalkane 12y ago
      To the Burmese, the word "Myanmar" represents the oppressive and insane dictator who overthrew a democratic society to institute a communism that nobody wanted, keeping Burma in the dark ages for decades. One of the dictatorial general's feats as he rose to power was quashing civil unrest and rival communist movements among the minority tribes of Burma, and "Myanmar" is the name of the majority ethnicity. You can understand that people remain a little sore about the name change. "Burma" is an English corruption of the Yangonese word for "Myanmar", but to the Burmese democratic movement--and the many minority tribes--the word represents an ethnicity-neutral name for the entire country.

oska 12y ago

The history of, and explanations for, the varieties of names for Beijing ('northern capital') is so complex and detailed that it gets its own wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing See also [1]: Bosat Man, Backhill/Peking/Beijing (1990), which is not currently included as a reference in the above wikipedia article. [1] http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp019_peking_beijing.pdf http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp019_peking_beijing....

NAFV_P 12y ago

Tokyo used to be called 'Edo'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo

DanBC 12y ago

Constantinople vs Istanbul shows a nice clean switch: http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=constantinople.istanbul http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=constantinople.istanbu... Burma vs Myanmar is messier http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=burma.myanmar http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=burma.myanmar

pessimizer 12y ago
That one is a bit controversial because 'Burma' was changed to 'Myanmar' by the military dictatorship.
- levosmetalo 12y ago
  Why would that be controversial? State changed it's official name and newspaper started to call it by its new name.
  - selectodude 12y ago
    A lot of people didn't consider the military junta to be a legitimate government, and as such, couldn't have changed the name of the country. Even wikipedia still calls the country Burma.
  - cynicalkane 12y ago
    To the Burmese, the word "Myanmar" represents the oppressive and insane dictator who overthrew a democratic society to institute a communism that nobody wanted, keeping Burma in the dark ages for decades. One of the dictatorial general's feats as he rose to power was quashing civil unrest and rival communist movements among the minority tribes of Burma, and "Myanmar" is the name of the majority ethnicity. You can understand that people remain a little sore about the name change. "Burma" is an English corruption of the Yangonese word for "Myanmar", but to the Burmese democratic movement--and the many minority tribes--the word represents an ethnicity-neutral name for the entire country.