Latin names of countries

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Latin Place Names
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Latin Name	Current Name
Achaea	Greece (South)
Africa	Tunisia
Aegyptus	Egypt
Albania	Georgia, Azerbaijan
Anglia	England
Anatolia	Turkey (East)
Anglia	England
Arabia	Sinai peninsula and Arabian peninsula
Armenia	Armenia
Armorica	Brittany
Asia	Turkey (West)
(Terra) Australis	Australia
Baetica	Andalusia
Batavia	Holland
Belgica	Belgium and The Netherlands
Bithynia	Turkey (North West)
Bohemia	Czech Republic
Borussia	Prussia
Britannia	Britain
Caledonia	Scotland
Cambria	Wales
Cilicia	Turkey (South East)
Cornubia	Cornwall
Creta	Crete
Cyprus	Cyprus
Cyrenaica	Libya (East)
Dacia	Romania, Moldova
Dania	Denmark
Dalmatia	Croatia South, Bosnia and Herzegovina West and South
D(i)ocle(ti)a	Montenegro
Finnia	Finland
Foenicia or Phoenicia	Lebanon
Galatia	Turkey (Central)
Gallaecia	Galiza
Gallia	France
Germania	Germany
Graecia	Greece
Helvetia	Switzerland
Hibernia	Ireland
Hispania	Iberian peninsula, but usually identified with Spain
Hungaria	Hungary
India	India and the Indian subcontinent
Islandia	Iceland
Illyricum	Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina South, Serbia South West, Montenegro, Albania North West
Italia	Mainland Italy
Iudaea	Israel, Palestine
Lappia	Lapland
Lechia, Polonia	Poland
Libani	Lebanon
Libya	Eastern Libya, Western Egypt
Lituania	Lithuania
Livonia	Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Lusitania	Portugal
Macedonia	Macedon: comprised of the Republic of Macedonia and Greek Macedonia
Mauretania	Morocco North, Algeria North West
Melitae, Melitensium, Melitensis	Malta, Maltese Islands
Moesia	Bulgaria, Serbia
Mons Niger	Montenegro
Noricum	mainly Austria South and Slovenia North
Norvegia	Norway
Numidia	Algeria North East
Palaestina	Israel, Palestine
Pannonia	Hungary, Croatia North, Slovenia North East
Persia	Iran
Phoenicia	Lebanon
Polonia, Lechia	Poland
Pontus	Turkey North East
Raetia	Switzerland North
Ruthenia	Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
Sarmatia	Eastern Europe: Poland, Ukraine, Russia
Scandinavia	Scandinavia peninsula
Scotia	Scotland
Seres	China
Suecia	Sweden
Syria	Syria
Scythia	Ukraine
Scythia Minor	Dobruja
Tarraconensis	Spain North East
Tartaria	Russia, Tartary
Thracia	Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey
Tingitania	Morocco
Tripolitana	Libya