Comments by "ThatDutchguy" (@thatdutchguy2882) on "FYROM name change deal with Greece signed by leaders" video.
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If Australia kept it's original Western given name by the people that found it from the West it would have been New Holland today, having to do 0 with us Dutch, might have got confusing.
And if New York did the same, it would still be called New Amsterdam,....again, confusing.
New Zealand at least has a spelling difference between the Dutch Province after which it was named Nieuw Zeeland, but being called Kiwi's is great, keeps the confusion out of it.
Don't know how the Australians in Arnhemland are called though, hope it's not the same as in the Dutch city of Arnhem.
Anyway, the Tazmanian's are only called after the Dutchman Abel Tasman, no province luckily no confusion.
I agree with the name change of FYROM, it's a good solution, they are Slavic not Greek and not related to Alexander the Great.
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