The country that used to be called "Ivory Coast" in English - now is called "Cote d'Ivoire" (It's French name) even in English.
I for one don't know why we don't call more cities and countries by the name they actaully use there, eiither. It would certainly help out our pronouciation of foreign languages too. Москва, München, Roma, etc, just sound so much cooler then Moscow, Munich, Rome.
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