This is a list of names I particularly like.
I know a lot of these have unfortunate associations, this is just based on the way they sound
| Old | Modern |
|---|---|
| Bohemia | West Czechia |
| Moravia | East Czechia |
| Eire | Ireland |
| Alba | Scotland |
| Albion | Great Britain |
| Tartary | Eastern Europe/Central Asia |
| Ceylon | Sri Lanka |
| Abyssinia | Ethiopia |
| Saigon | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Zaire | DRC |
| Upper Volta | Burkina Faso |
| Tripolitania & Cyrenaica | Libya |
| Numidia | Algeria |
| Cathay | North China |
| Tonkin | North Vietnam |
| Choson | Korea |
| Benadir | Somalia |
| Bophuthatswana | South Africa |
| Ciskei | South Africa |
| Rio de Oro | Western Sahara |
| Bactria | Afghanistan + environs |
| Circassia | Southern Russia |
| Alashiya | Cyprus |
| Trucial Coast | UAE |
| Batavian Republic | Netherlands |
| Bessarabia | Moldova |
| Confœderatio Helvetica | Switzerland |
| Pridnestrovie/Transnistria | Moldova |
| Ruthenia | Ukraine |
| Silesia | Poland |
| Spitzbergen | Svalbard |
| Transcarpathia | Ukraine |
| Transylvania | Romania |
| Ophir | Unknown (Biblical) |
| Ezion-Geber | Red Sea |
| Serendip | Sri Lanka |
| Nova Sofala | Mozambique |
| Lemuria | (Theoretical + disproven) land bridge |
| Caledonia | Scotland |
| Lusitania | Portugal |
| Nubia | Ethopia |
| Mesopotamia | Iraq |
| Pannonia | Hungary |
| Carthage | Tunisia |
| Gaul | France |
| Persia | Iran |
| Phoenicia | Lebanon |
| Cimmeria | Northern Black Sea |
| Scythia | Central Asia/Eastern Europe |
| Elam | Iran |
| Hyrcania | Iran |