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What do you think of the official new name for Swaziland?

Asked by Catnip5 (345points) July 13th, 2018
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It is now called the Kingdom of Eswatini during the 50th Anniversary of that nation’s independence. The UN officially acknowledged the new name change a while ago. I even watched a video about it from a favorite Youtuber of mine.

Fun fact: The name change was partially decided to prevent confusion with Switzerland.

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ragingloli's avatar

They can call themselves whatever they want.
And hey, at least the new name does not rhyme with “Naziland.”

elbanditoroso's avatar

So they want to go from a mostly unknown country name to a completely unknown country name. Whatever floats their boat.

Seems like an utter waste of meager resources.

janbb's avatar

Their country, their choice.

Call_Me_Jay's avatar

Australia & Austria, Slovakia & Slovenia monitoring the situation.

Jeruba's avatar

@Call_Me_Jay, not to mention Georgia.

flutherother's avatar

No problem, it’s just gone back to its original pre colonial name.

rojo's avatar

I kinda like it, it has a nice ring to it.

JLeslie's avatar

Sounds fine to me. They get to choose. I can’t remember the names of all the countries around the world to begin with, let alone the ones that have changed names since my school days when I took world geography.

Probably, the worst is my geographical knowledge of the continent of Africa. I remember getting 100% on that test funny enough. I bet now I could only place 60–70 percent of the countries on that continent. I pay people in Africa every month for the company I work for, I probably should stare at a map a little.

rojo's avatar

Sounds better than Trumplandia.

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