This tiny island nation has officially changed its name

The nation is the world's third-smallest after Vatican City and Monaco, with a population of about 12,000

The switch honours a name lost to colonial rule more than a century ago.

European colonisers changed the country’s name to Nauru after finding it difficult to pronounce the island’s native name Naoero.

Tiny Pacific island nation Nauru reclaims traditional name 'Naoero'  Reuters

THE FOURTH smallest country on the planet is guaranteed to stand on the Commonwealth Games podium for the first ever. Despite a paltry population of under 11,000 people, tiny Tuvalu has managed to punch above its weight, bagging a monumental boxing medal in Glasgow. Scientists estimate that low-lying Tuvalu could be dr

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