Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia until it gained its independance from the UK in 1980.
Southern Rhodesia
southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
Northern and Southern Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Formerly Southern Rhodesia.
Rhodesia. It was named after colonialist, diamond miner
Formerly known as Southern Rhodesia, the Republic of Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia, or just Rhodesia.
Rhodesia. It was named after colonialist, diamond monger and all round british hero cecil rhodes.
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∙ 11y agoBefore gaining independence in 1980 Zimbabwe was called Rhodesia. Before that it was called Southern Rhodesia.
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∙ 10y agoThe longtime name for Zimbabwe was "Rhodesia", after Cecil Rhodes.
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∙ 12y agoIt was originally called Southern Rhodesia, and it was a British colony.
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∙ 9y agoZimbabwe was called Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979 and Southern Rhodesia before that.
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∙ 16y agoSouthern Rhodesia.
'Chin Loy' Had previously been called augustus.
When the continents were together it was called "pangea"
It was called the Jules Rimmet trophy.
Because it was previously a Portuguese colony. The words "Isla Formosa," as it was called mean "beautiful island."
they fled to the island of Taiwan, where they established the Republic of China.
Nyasa-land was previously called British Central Africa.
Originally Thailand was called Siam until 1942.
It was previously titled The Gift that Nobody Wants.
Centrelink was previously called the Department of Social Security (DSS) before it was restructured and rebranded as Centrelink in 1997.
It was called South West Africa previously.
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It was originally called armistice day
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