| BECHUANALAND | Former name, until 1966, of Botswana (12) |
| STANLEYVILLE | The former name (until 1966) of Kisangani, in Zaire (12) |
| BASUTOLAND | The former name, until 1966, of Lesotho (10) |
| BRITISH | Name, until 1966, of Guyana (7,6) |
| PALAUISLANDS | Former name, until 1981, of the Republic of Belau (5,7) |
| BELGIANCONGO | Former name, until 1960, of Zaere (7,5) |
| WESTPAKISTAN | Former name, until 1971, of Pakistan (4,8) |
| GUIANA | Former name of Guyana until 1966 (7,6) |
| AGANA | Former name, until 1998, of Hagatna, capital of the Pacific island of Guam (5) |
| DAHOMEY | Former name, until 1975, of the Republic of Benin (7) |
| RANGOON | Former name, until 1989, of Yangon, capital of Myanmar (7) |
| KINSHASA | Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly (until 1966) called Leopoldville (8) |
| LESOTHO | Country of southern Africa formerly (until 1966) called Basutoland (7) |
| ASTANA | Former name (until March 2019) of Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan (6) |
| CHUQUISACA | Former name (until 1839) of Sucre, the legal capital of Bolivia (10) |
| SPANISHSAHARA | Former name, until 1975, of the Western Sahara region of N.W. Africa (7,6) |
| MYSORE | Former name (until 1973) of the SW Indian state of Karnataka (6) |
| IRIANJAYA | Former name, until 2001, of the Indonesian province of Papua (5,4) |
| UPPERVOLTA | Former name (until 1984) of Burkina-Faso (5,5) |
| CEYLON | The former name (until 1972) of Sri Lanka (6) |