User:Jnestorius/Country name clashes

Country name clashes
Country #1 name	Area #2 name	Area #2 type	Dates	Notes
Republic of Korea	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Sovereign	1950-
Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Sovereign	1960-?, 1999-	Congo River. Intermediately Zaire
Republic of Guinea	Republic of Guinea-Bissau	Sovereign		Also Equatorial Guinea
Sudan	South Sudan	Sovereign
Dominican Republic	Commonwealth of Dominica	Sovereign
Bolivia	Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	Sovereign
Ecuador	Equatorial Guinea	Sovereign
Russia	Belarus	Sovereign		See also White Ruthenia
Niger	Nigeria	Sovereign		Niger River
Grenada	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Sovereign		Grenada includes some of the Grenadines
Ireland	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Sovereign	1937-	See Names of the Irish state and Name of Northern Ireland
People's Republic of China	Republic of China	Sovereign partially recognised	1949-
Republic of Türkiye	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Sovereign partially recognised	1974-
Democratic Republic of Vietnam	Republic of Vietnam	Sovereign	1950-
Federal Republic of Germany	German Democratic Republic	Sovereign	1949-1990
Yemen Arab Republic	People's Democratic Republic of Yemen	Sovereign	1967-1990
Kingdom of Sicily	Kingdom of Naples	Sovereign	-1816	See Two Sicilies
United States of America	Federal Republic of Central America	Sovereign	1823-1839
Byzantine Empire	Holy Roman Empire	Confederation	Medieval	See problem of two emperors
United States of America	United States of Central America	Confederation	1895-1898
United States of America	Confederate States of America	Sovereign partially recognised	1861-1865
Azerbaijan	East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan	Part of Iran (provinces)
Mongolia	Inner Mongolia	Part of PR China	1919-	See also Outer Mongolia
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Part of Belgium (province)
Guyana	French Guiana	Part of France		Also Guayana Region, Venezuela. Note also unofficial name of Dutch Guiana
Independent State of Samoa	American Samoa	Part of United States		Formerly Western Samoa
East Timor	West Timor	Part of Indonesia		Not an administrative unit, but among its subdivisions are two named South Central Timor Regency and North Central Timor Regency
Papua New Guinea	Papua and West Papua	Parts of Indonesia
North Macedonia	Macedonia (Greece)	Part of Greece
Saudi Arabia	Federation of South Arabia	Protectorate of United Kingdom	1962-1967
Honduras	British Honduras	Dependency of United Kingdom
Northern Macedonia	Macedonia	Part of Greece	1992-	See Macedonia naming dispute; formerly Republic of Macedonia

Not directly related to claims over the same land (coincidental similarity; linked etymology; etc.)