term is used to refer to the smaller part for political reasons, such as when the US refused to recognize the People's Republic of China, so that, at least officially, 'China' meant the Republic of China on Taiwan (with 'Red China' or 'Communist China' then being used to refer to the People's Republic of China). Sometimes giving the part the name of the whole is unofficial, and sometimes not. South Korea is officially the 'Republic of Korea', not 'Korea', though, as with many such official names, 'Republic of Korea' can be interpreted as meaning 'Republic of all Korea', and indeed West Germany was officially the 'Federal Republic of Germany', which eventually became the official name of all Germany after reunification in 1990. But 'Ireland' is the official name (in English) of the Republic of Ireland (both according to its Constitution and according to the European Union). Cyprus (officially the Republic of Cyprus) was accepted into the EU as a whole in 2004, although the EU legislation is suspended in the territory occupied by Turkey since 1974 (the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), recognised only by Turkey), until a final settlement of the Cyprus problem. See also Africanization Animal name changes in Turkey Decoloniality Dual naming Exonym and endonym Hebraization of Palestinian place names Indigenization Geographic Names Information System List of administrative division name changes List of city name changes List of Australian place names changed from German names List of renamed places in Angola List of renamed cities and towns in Russia List of renamed places in the United States List of double placenames List of entities and changes in The World Factbook List of places List of politically motivated renamings South African Geographical Names Council Street sign theft Toponymy United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names United States Board on Geographic Names Notes References Bibliography Branford, Becky (26 May 2005). "City names mark changing times" at BBC News. Accessed 26 November 2005. GIRAUT F. & HOUSSAY-HOLZSCHUCH M., 2016, “The dispositif of place naming: Toward a theoretical framework”, Geopolitics 21(1), 1-21. External links Name Changes Since 1990: Countries, Cities, and More at Mapping.com Geographical naming disputes