On 11/15/05, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
"Hello Ivory Coast government person, what's the name of your country in English?"
"Côte d'Ivoire."
*click*
India has a population of over 1 billion. English is quite widespread. As a result thier view of what the english language is quite significant. Ivory Coast has a population of ~17,300,000 and is francophone. As a result what they think doesn't matter much in terms of figureing out what name is most commmonly used for the country in english.
-- geni