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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by pwinnski on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:40PM (#17297218)
Except the "Baja" in this case (or its lack in the USA) is like the compromise, "North" Macedonia.

The situations would be more analogous if the Mexican state were called simply "California" or the US state were called "Baja California."

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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by pavlov on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:46PM (#17297276)
In both cases, the bigger and more powerful side got to keep the plain name and the other side had to settle for a geographic prefix.
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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by pwinnski on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @04:09PM (#17297508)
As I understand it, both sides had prefixes: Baja and Alta. After the US took Alta California, they dropped that prefix. Mexico was never forced to add one.
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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by pavlov on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @05:28PM (#17298199)
They dropped the prefix because Mexico wasn't in a position to object. I wouldn't be surprised if many expected at the time that the newly founded US state would annex Baja eventually.
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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by SamReidHughes on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:08AM (#17300162)
We had that opportunity -- the guy negotiating the treaty decided San Diego was far enough.
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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by s_trumpet on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @02:49AM (#17300840)
counterpoint: the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh (lit. Land of the Bengali).
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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by DrScump on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @02:52AM (#17300848)
The Baja peninsula includes two separate Mexican states: Baja California and Baja California Sur.
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