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

Asked by Catnip5 (345points) July 13th, 2018

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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