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The question tests how place names change with history, especially when a colonial region becomes an independent nation. The New Hebrides was a long-standing joint British–French administered area in the southwest Pacific. When it achieved independence, it adopted the name Vanuatu to reflect local languages and national identity rather than a colonial label. So the country formerly known as the New Hebrides is Vanuatu. The other options were never known by that name and each has its own distinct colonial history.