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Sri-lanka--------------------------------------------- The answer above is sort of correct. Ceylon is now called Sri Lanka after its independence from Great Britain. ( In 1972 I believe ). As to...
Iceland has only had the name Iceland allthough before the first setteler came here people belive there was an island to the north called Thule. Who named it Iceland no one really knows allthough...