Countries that start with vowels

Can you name the 36 countries that start with vowels?
I used the english name for 2 countries. They have an asterisk
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Last updated: March 12, 2016
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Country
A
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
E
East Timor*
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Country
I
Iceland
Indonesia
India
Ireland
Iraq
Iran
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast*
O
Oman
U
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
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Level 64
Feb 20, 2016
You missed Yemen :-)
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Level 60
Feb 20, 2016
Y is not a vowel.
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Level 64
Feb 20, 2016
I think that it is...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel

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Level 60
Feb 20, 2016
But in this case it wouldn't be a vowel because according to Oxford dictionary, it depends on when you use the letter. For example, in myth it can be a vowel because it sounds like an "i" but in young or Yemen in this case it isn't as you can't interchange it. Link: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/is-the-letter-y-a-vowel-or-a-consonant
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Level 52
Aug 4, 2016
If Y is not vowel in English I lost my faith in the sense of that language. At least in every other language I know it is vowel.
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Level 60
Aug 4, 2016
In Spanish, we consider it consonant, and if we do consider it as a vowel, then it is when it sounds like an 'i', like Uruguay. IDK for other languages.
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Level 85
Feb 20, 2016
Tricksy alphabetization!
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Level 74
Mar 5, 2017
Even though I can easily name all the countries, I still missed two here. Go figure!

Nice quiz by the way.

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Level 16
Apr 12, 2020
you missed eswatini!
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Level 70
Jul 24, 2020
This quiz was last updated in 2016. Swaziland was not renamed Eswatini until 2018.