Daily Quiz: On Toponymy – The Hindu

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Many people living in this city call it “Chatigaon”. The Portuguese called it the “Grand Harbour of Bengal”. Ibn Battuta called it “Sadkawan”. Its current name is derived from that given by a 9th century Burmese invader, in whose language it meant “to make war is improper”. Name the city.

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In 1989, one conflict in this (now erstwhile) country was over whether the two halves of its name should be hyphenated. Opponents to the idea said the hyphenation was reminiscent of Nazi Germany’s annexation of territory denoted by the second half. Name the country.

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This region has in the past been called “Pathanistan”. The British called it the “North West Frontier Province”. Political efforts to rename the area led ultimately to a two-word name in 2020, one representing the local Pashtun people and the other the non-Pashtun. What’s the name?

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In the Turkish language, this water body is called the “Gulf of Basra”. The Iranian Shia cleric Sadegh Khalkhali suggested the name “Muslim Gulf” but it lost favour after Iran invaded Iraq in 1980. Name it.

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The name of this country is also the historic name of a region in Iran. Specifically, it was the name of a region south of the Aras river. When the Russian empire collapsed in 1918, the country was born on the river’s north, and assumed the name of the southern region. Name the country.