Ethiopia's former name was Abyssinia.
The former name of Suriname was Guyana
What is russias former name
former name does go in parenthesis if stating current name.
The former name of Afghanistan was Khorasan & Ariana
Its former name is the Imperial Russian Ballet.
Persia had no former name, it was always known as Persia.
13."Kingfisher Red" is the name of which former airlines?
Shares its name with a former Secretary of the Treasury?
Edo is the former name for Tokyo, present capital of Japan
There is no former name for it. It has always been known as Lake Tanganyika
Baghdad is Baghdad, there is no former name for the city, nor Persepolis or Babylon.