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  "path": "/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/the-post-y2k-rebranding-the-countries-that-changed-their-names-in-the-21st-century/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T07:54:05.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "History",
    "Cabo Verde",
    "country names",
    "czechia",
    "Eswatini",
    "geography",
    "geopolitics",
    "national identity",
    "North Macedonia",
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    "Timor-Leste",
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  "textContent": "Maps often change. Here is why seven nations rebranded in the 21st century.",
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