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kqrtoday at 1:53 PM1 replyview on HN

Other such examples include confusing Monte Carlo for Monaco and saying Bohemia when talking about Czechia. During the cold war, the word Russia often got to stand in for the entirety of the Soviet Union.


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madcaptenortoday at 4:11 PM

England still stands in for the UK sometimes.

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