The tiny Pacific island nation of  Nauru will hold a referendum over a government decision to change its official name. The Nauruan parliament on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment to rename the country "Naoero," New Zealand broadcaster RNZ reported, as the government looks to shed what it sees as a relic from the tiny nation's colonial past. The referendum is required to validate the constitutional change. President David Adeang first tabled the proposal in January. Why is Nauru's name being changed? Nauru's native tongue is "Dorerin Naoero", which a majority of its almost 10,000 citizens speak alongside English. The government said that the island came to be called Nauru because "foreign tongues" distorted the native language. "Nauru emerged because Naoero could not be properly pronounced by foreign tongues, and was changed not by our choice, but for convenience," the government said in a statement.…