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The place you are visiting may have changed its name! (So why not go to Beer, Toast, Beckum or Victoriaville instead?).
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October 17, 2003
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London, October 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Do you know where you're going? If it's Bombay, watch out because it's now called Mumbai! If you are visiting the Balearic Islands for your next holiday, look for Illes Balearics instead. The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World reveals hundreds of new names for places, from Greenland to Scotland to India.
Why are these names changing? Mick Ashworth, Editor of the new Times Atlas says: "In country after country there is increasing official recognition for local languages. We now use many native spellings for place names and geographical features, usually alongside their better known names, but in some cases, we have gone so far as ...
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