This page has a random list of geographical names of regions which used to exist administratively or politically at some point, but don't seem to be present anymore. They may come back, who knows? The list does NOT include (a) old names for places that still exist in more or less the same form (renamed cities like Madras), (b) terms for regions that did not have a specific political existence by themselves and still remain that way (e.g. Vidarbha) and (c) countries that split up recently (Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, etc).
In India, the entity should have some recognisable administrative form after independence. This is all very subjective and this collection is here just because I like making lists. As always, I welcome corrections/suggestions and also additions to the list.
| India | ||
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Travancore (Tiruvitaankoor) |
Southern Kerala | Till recently, State Bank of Travancore used to exist |
| Malabar | Northen Kerala | Used for the region, the entire coast and Malabar Express on Indian Railways, but was also an administrative entity |
|
Awadh (Avadh/Oudh) |
Central Uttar Pradesh | Awadh Express; the old O.T. Mail (Oudh-Tirhut Mail or A.T.Mail of the Oudh Tirhut Railway) |
| Bundelkhand | Central Madhya Pradesh | Area around Khajuraho; Bundelkhand Express |
| Baghelkhand | Northeastern Madhya Pradesh | Area around Rewa, Satna |
| Malwa | West and Madhya Pradesh | Quite a large area including Gwalior all the way up to Indore; Malwa Express |
| Saurashtra/Kathiawad | The ear of Gujarat | Saurashtra Mail, Saurashtra Exp, State Bank of Saurashtra, Any number of dhabas on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway offering Kathiawadi cuisine |
| Europe | ||
| Bohemia | Parts of Czech Republic | A Scandal in Bohemia - Sherlock Holmes |
| Transylvania | Central Romania | Dracula; German Siebenbürgen |
| Prussia | At its zenith, modern day Germany, parts of Poland, present day Kaliningrad | German Borussia, very much present in Football teams in Dortmund and Mönchengladbach |
| Livonia | Parts of Latvia and Estonia | German Livland; Livlandstraße, Köln and Livländischestraße, Berlin |
| Silesia | Parts of Eastern Germany, Poland and Czech Republic | German Schlesien; Schlesisches Tor in Berlin |
| Anhalt | Part of East Germany | Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin; Saxony-Anhalt |
| Pomerania | North-east Germany and north-west Poland | Pomeranian dogs |
| England | ||
| Middlesex | County surrounding London | Used to be a county cricket team, but London has engulfed it now |