what is the new name for czech republic
Name of the Czech Republic The new short name was published in the United Nations UNTERM and UNGEGN country name databases on 5 July 2016.[42][additional citation(s) needed] In September 2016, the British Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN) recommended the use of Czechia and added it as the sole form of the country name to their list of country names.[43] On 26 September 2016, the International Organization for Standardization included the short name Czechia in the official ISO 3166 country codes list.[44][45] The United States Board on Geographic Names also approved usage in 2017.[46] Google switched to Czechia on Google Maps and Android country settings in January, 2017.[47][48][49][50] The US Department of State [51] and the CIA The World Factbook [52] have adopted Czechia.