100% | BURMA | 5 | Former name of the country now called Myanmar |
67% | BURMA | 5 | Previous name of the country now known as Myanmar |
65% | BURMA | 5 | Former name for the country of Myanmar |
58% | BURMA | 5 | Former name of the nation Myanmar |
55% | CEYLON | 6 | Former name of what is now called Sri Lanka |
53% | THEDIXIECHICKS | 14 | Former name of the country trio with a memorable National Anthem performance at the 2003 Super Bowl (3 wds.) |
48% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the Congo |
48% | AVEO | 4 | Former name of the Chevrolet Sonic |
48% | KIROV | 5 | Former name of the Mariinsky Ballet |
47% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
47% | MHO | 3 | Former name of the physics unit siemens |
47% | HEIMLICH | 8 | Former name of the abdominal thrust for choking |
46% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
46% | DECORATIONDAY | 13 | Former name of the observance in 18a: 2 wds. |
46% | SPICE | 5 | — Islands, former name of the Moluccas, Indonesia |
45% | EDO | 3 | Former name of Tokyo, the Japanese capital |
44% | GMAC | 4 | Former name of the car-financing company Ally Financial Inc., for short |
44% | RANGOON | 7 | Former name of Myanmar's most populous city |
44% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of sub-Saharan Africa's largest country |
43% | USSR | 4 | Official name of the former Soviet Union |
43% | AGANA | 5 | Former name of Hagatna, capital of the Pacific island of Guam |
42% | EIRE | 4 | Former name for the Republic of Ireland |
42% | ZAIRE | 5 | 1974 name of the country where boxing's Rumble in the Jungle took place |
42% | TYRA | 4 | First name of the supermodel who now goes by "BanX" |
42% | CANTON | 6 | Former name for the Chinese city of Guangzhou |
42% | ALAN | 4 | Former head of the Federal Reserve, first name |
41% | ROBERTGALBRAITH | 15 | Pen name of the female author of "The Cuckoo's Calling" |
41% | PEKING | 6 | Former romanisation of the name of China's capital |
41% | BENEDICT | 8 | Name of 16 popes, inc the former Pope Emeritus |
41% | BRUCEJENNER | 11 | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wds. |