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Test your knowledge with the Words In The Official Names Of Countries Quiz and explore fascinating country names.

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Words In The Official Names Of Countries

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Name every word used in the official English-language name of each country. Sorted by occurrences then A-Z. Total occurrences and first letter shown. Object is most occurrences, not words.

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darin

10 months ago

This quiz was supposed to be available to all not just Premium – this has been fixed!

Finnoz

9 months ago

Love your quizzes. This one would be better, in my opinion, if the minimum number of words was 2 and not 1. Saves you listing all countries.

Klinkhamer

10 months ago

Is ‘Kitts’ missing?

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darin

10 months ago

Reply to Klinkhamer

No, the actual official name has ‘Christopher’ for Kitts.