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Two examples of name changes which I find harder to accept are the new names for what used to be called Ivory Coast and Burma . Côte d'Ivoire, of course, is the literal French equivalent of Ivory Coast, and in other European languages that country has traditionally been called by a name which is the literal translation of the term (e.g.
Likewise with Myanmar, the name now used-- at least in the non-U.S.-English-speaking world--for what used to be called Burma . The official name of the country in Burmese has, since independence from Britain, been Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw , so Myanmar, it seems, is simply Burmese for Burma . This is the same phenomenon as Côte d'Ivoire . But the current Myanmarese (do I venture where angels fear to tread by coining the adjective?)
Various stairways and the winding Côte de la Montagne take you down past Montmorency Park to the site of Champlain’s original colony, which grew into the Ville Basse (Lower Town).
Côte de Charlevoix
To make a long story short, I am convinced that the PC-ness of Côte d'Ivoire arises out of President Houphouet-Boigny's desire to be seen as the leader of a linguistically and culturally French nation.