Place Index

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This page is an index to old places - mainly geographical names of places that are no longer in use.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] B

• Bombay is now Mumbai

[edit] D

• Dahomey until 1975 now Benin

[edit] G

• Gaul.

[edit] I

• Ionia - an island off the coast of Ireland, site of a major missionary training center founded by St. Columba

[edit] M

• Madras - now Chennai, India

[edit] P

• Peking - now Beijing, China, capital city

• Persia - Iran

[edit] S

• Siam changed its name in the mid-twentieth century to Thailand.

[edit] U

• Upper Volta: Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta

[edit] Z

• Zaire, now Congo-Zaire or Democratic Republic of the Congo with the capital city Kinshasa.