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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by ethbr0 on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:43PM (#30479793)
Similarly, as a non-European, when did the "Czech Republic" becomes "Czechia" (at least on Google Maps)?
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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by aix1 on Saturday February 26, 2022 @01:02PM (#30479997)
> when did the "Czech Republic" becomes "Czechia"

"On 17 May 2016 the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations informed the UN that the short name to be used for the country is Czechia." [1]

The official full name in English continues to be "the Czech Republic". [2]

[1] https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/czechoslovakia

[2] https://unterm.un.org/unterm/Display/record/UNHQ/NA?Id=42750...

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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by cmutel on Saturday February 26, 2022 @01:12PM (#30480093)
The official ISO shortname changed on Sept 28, 2016: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:CZ.

Wikipedia has a good discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic

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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by oh_sigh on Saturday February 26, 2022 @01:51PM (#30480502)
Since you're out of the loop, FYI Swaziland is now Eswatini!
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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by Luc on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:54PM (#30479901)
January 19, 2017.
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