Swaziland renamed to Kingdom of eSwatini

According to the BBC:

King Mswati III of Swaziland announced on Wednesday that he was renaming the country "the Kingdom of eSwatini".

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The new name, eSwatini, means "land of the Swazis". The change was unexpected, but King Mswati has been referring to Swaziland for years as eSwatini.

I think there are all sorts of interesting things about what country names mean and what changing them means, but instead of writing a full article about that, I’m just posting this one item.

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