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Zimbabwe
The nation of Zimbabwe was formerly known as Rhodesia.
It had no official name before Rhodesia.
Zimbabwe
The British colony known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland included Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland. Northern Rhodesia became Zambia and Nyasaland became Malawi after dissolution on December 31, 1963. Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia in 1965 and then became Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 and finally became Zimbabwe in 1980.
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Zimbabwe used to be called Rhodesia. Zimbabwe used to be called Rhodesia.
It was called "Rhodesia", after Cecil Rhodes.
Rhodesia is now called Zimbabwe. It changed its name in 1980.
It was created in the 1890s. Although Southern Rhodesia was called Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979 and in 1980 changed its name to Zimbabwe.
There used to be a Northern and Southern Rhodesia. After the independence of Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), Southern Rhodesia was referred to as Rhodesia. Today it is Zimbabwe.
Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British colony that was known as Rhodesia in 1965 after its Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Since 1980 it has been called Zimbabwe.