List of politically motivated renamings

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This article lists times that items were renamed due to political motivations. Such renamings have generally occurred during conflicts; for example, World War I gave rise to anti-German sentiment among Allied nations, leading to disassociation with German names.

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An early political cartoon lampooning the name change of hamburger meat during World War I

Asia

Indian subcontinent

Oceania

Europe

North America

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Notes

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  3. "Iran targets Danish pastries". Al Jazeera. Associated Press. 2006-03-02. Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  4. Ubac, Michael Lim (13 September 2012). "It's official: Aquino signs order on West Philippine Sea". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. "The Sunday Mail QLD: Penguins lose 'fairy' tag [16apr06]". 2006-06-25. Archived from the original on 2006-06-25. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  6. "Cyprus villagers make giant sweet". BBC News. 2004-10-18.
  7. Hérault, Irish (2010-01-31). "French playing cards and card stuff". irishherault.wordpress.com . Retrieved 2010-11-22.
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  9. Leonidas Karakatsanis, Turkish-Greek Relations: Rapprochement, Civil Society and the Politics of Friendship, Routledge, 2014, ISBN   0415730457, p. 111 and footnote 26: "The eradication of symbolic relations with the 'Turk' was another sign of this reactivation: the success of an initiative to abolish the word 'Turkish' in one of the most widely consumed drinks in Greece, i.e. 'Turkish coffee', is indicative. In the aftermath of the Turkish intervention in Cyprus, the Greek coffee company Bravo introduced a widespread advertising campaign titled 'We Call It Greek' (Emeis ton leme Elliniko), which succeeded in shifting the relatively neutral 'name' of a product, used in the vernacular for more than a century, into a reactivated symbol of identity. 'Turkish coffee' became 'Greek coffee' and the use of one name or the other became a source of dispute separating 'traitors' from 'patriots'."
  10. Mikes, George (1965). Eureka!: Rummaging in Greece. p. 29. Their chauvinism may sometimes take you a little aback. Now that they are quarrelling with the Turks over Cyprus, Turkish coffee has been renamed Greek coffee; ...
  11. Robert Browning, Medieval and Modern Greek, 1983. ISBN   0-521-29978-0. p. 16
  12. "Russia's Prime Minister Says Eurasia Should Call It 'Rusiano' Coffee, Not 'Americano'". The Moscow Times . 16 November 2016.
  13. "Name - If some things never change, when did they begin?". Library and Archives Canada . 2004-02-04. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  14. Ohio History Connection. (n.d.). New Berlin, Ohio. Retrieved from http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/New_Berlin,_Ohio
  15. "Over Here: World War I on the Home Front". Digital History. Archived from the original on 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2006-07-12.

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