Submitted by Genevieves_bitch t3_103p6t4 in sports
Ontyyyy t1_j30qx0i wrote
Reply to comment by Scevs in Canada defeats rival U.S., advances to world junior gold-medal game against Czech Republic by Genevieves_bitch
Both is correct
GoTouchGrassPlease t1_j31d8qa wrote
Both are acceptable, but "Czechia" is the one the Czech government would prefer people to use.
FantasticGoat88 t1_j31yi3l wrote
Is this a recent thing? I have been hearing it so much this tournament, before I had only heard it referred to as the Czech Republic
GoTouchGrassPlease t1_j321xpz wrote
In 2016 the government made Czechia the official short name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic#Adoption_of_Czechia
MaxSpringPuma t1_j31zw25 wrote
What do the Czech people want?
senrim t1_j3206gs wrote
Not to be called czechia ...
GoTouchGrassPlease t1_j320am0 wrote
Well they're a democracy, so.....
ArenSteele t1_j33096u wrote
The Constitutional Democratic Republic of Czechia?
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Trague_Atreides t1_j31rjyn wrote
Why not?
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FrankDrakman t1_j31kc8i wrote
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
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Why did Constantinople get the works?
It's nobody's business but the Turks
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