These countries and cities that have changed their names over the centuries

New Delhi, G20 summit, September 2023. It is not the name “India” that is used officially by the host country, but

.

Stupor and tremors.

The Hindu nationalist party is campaigning for the abandonment of the country's current name, and thus hopes to speed up the process.

is in fact the name imposed by the English colonial Empire.

In the same logic, it is to break away from their colonial past that

was renamed

, and that many countries see in a new baptism the promise of another departure.

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These name changes, more frequent than one might think, nevertheless struggle to become established in habits.

For example, in France we continue to call

by the old name – now obsolete – of

.

And

or

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