[Jim Noble]

Can anyone explain why we say “Mumbai” instead of “Bombay”, and “Yangon” instead of “Rangoon”, but not “Singapura” for “Singapore” or “Roma” for “Rome”?

[Mears]

Mumbai and Yangon were official name changes —those are the new names.

In the other instances we use Anglicized versions of the names,like Sweden instead of Sverige or Spain for Espana.

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[sagar]

“Can anyone explain why we say “Mumbai” instead of “Bombay”, and “Yangon” instead of “Rangoon”, but not “Singapura” for “Singapore” or “Roma” for “Rome”?”

You don’t have to say it.

[dfwgator]

Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam.

[Cyber Liberty]

I feel old. I remember when Beijing was Peking, and was most famous for its duck.