# A New Name for Czech Republic **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 24, 1999, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-name-for-czech-republic/3045 "1999-08-24T09:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
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Previous thread on topic: > [@On the naming of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443): > > This question came up in Trivia Dominoes, but I don’t want to hijack a perfectly fine thread game: Trivia?!? Much ink has been spilled, and electrons bent out of shape over this issue. In 1864, when the Fathers of Confederation met in Quebec to lay the framework for the new country, they did not agree on what it would be called. The delegates were from the [Province of Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Canada), Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland, and there was not yet a strong sense of the n… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-name-for-czech-republic/3045)._