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> when did the "Czech Republic" becomes "Czechia"

"On 17 May 2016 the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations informed the UN that the short name to be used for the country is Czechia." [1]

The official full name in English continues to be "the Czech Republic". [2]

[1] https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/czechoslovakia

[2] https://unterm.un.org/unterm/Display/record/UNHQ/NA?Id=42750...

The official ISO shortname changed on Sept 28, 2016: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:CZ.

Wikipedia has a good discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic

Since you're out of the loop, FYI Swaziland is now Eswatini!

January 19, 2017.