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Countries by Last Two Letters

Can you identify the following countries from just their last two letters?
All answers are one-word countries.
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: July 3, 2020
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First submittedNovember 1, 2014
Times taken105,650
Average score50.0%
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Last Two Letters
Country
AQ
Iraq
ZE
Belize
LU
Tuvalu
RK
Denmark
WE
Zimbabwe
HO
Lesotho
SH
Bangladesh
BA
Cuba
Last Two Letters
Country
EL
Israel
NI
Eswatini
OA
Samoa
RG
Luxembourg
PT
Egypt
EY
Turkey
VO
Kosovo
GA
Tonga
Last Two Letters
Country
UM
Belgium
LY
Italy
NY
Germany
AD
Chad
RY
Hungary
AM
Vietnam
ER
Niger
TU
Vanuatu
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Level 65
Jan 17, 2015
Isn't Aruba a country?
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Level 88
Jan 17, 2015
It's a constituent of the Netherlands, and not a sovereign state or independent country.
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Level 76
Jan 17, 2015
Yes it is, though to work out whether to expect it as an answer here, read on a bit more. Aruba is one of four countries, alongside the country of the Netherlands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, that make up the the kingdom of the Netherlands. Some interpret the kingdom as being the country, and the four countries as sorts of provinces; while others interpret the countries to be countries, and the kingdom as a supra-national entity that holds them together in a sort of commonwealth. The approach you take will determine what will appear as answers here.
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Level 55
Jan 19, 2015
I think you mean what approach the quiz setter takes (rather than 'you' the quizzee). And the approach here is nearly always Sovereign nations, as appears on the Countries of the World quiz. And when I say "nearly always" I mean that if constituent countries (like England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland) then the context of the quiz will make that clear. Otherwise, Countries=Sovereign Nations.
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Level 47
Sep 16, 2016
Where I live "country" implies it is independent. There is so such thing where I live as a non independent country
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Level 82
Feb 20, 2018
But the important thing to remember here is that the Netherlands has the best ice skaters.
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Level 37
Jul 12, 2018
^Jerry928: Thank you! - Yours is the best explanation I have yet heard for the relationship of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten to the Netherlands!
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Level 66
Oct 5, 2019
Aruba is a completely autonomous country. Would you claim australia or canada is not a country (Officially reigned by the queen of england)? They handle their own affairs have their own goverment. Aruba has its own constitution and is not a part of the EU.

The independence of all three are around the same time 1982, 1986 and 1986 (though steps towards it started early)

(Don't get confused saba and bonaire arent countries and are part of the country the netherlands not just the kingdom of the netherlands)

Aruba doesnt appear on this website simply because the kingdom of the netherlands as a whole is counted as a country (which isnt the most logical decision but if it is your starting point it will get confusing if you also list the countries seperately). But it is as much a country as is canada and australia. (decisions made to simplify things on this website does not alter the reality and laws and decisions and agreements that are made in real life)

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Level 66
Oct 5, 2019
For instance, The netherlands was the first country to make gaymarriage legal, back in 2001. In curacao this law is not in place. You cant marry someone of the same sex in Curacao

(but it is in boanire, saba and st eustachius, since théy áre a part of the country the netherlands)

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Level 70
Dec 2, 2019
@Sifhraven Aruba is not completely autonomous, certainly not like Canada and Australia are autonomous. Its foreign affairs and defense are handled by the Netherlands. More importantly, the 'Council of Ministers of the Kingdom' exerts supervision over the island's financial policy (although there is some debate on this topic between the Netherlands and Aruba at the moment). That council consists mostly of ministers from the country of the Netherlands. So Aruba (and Curacao, and Sint Maarten) aren't as independent (yet) as countries like Canada.
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Level 79
Dec 2, 2019
@Sifhraven It is inaccurate to liken the country status of Aruba to that of Australia and Canada. Defence and foreign affairs are still managed by the Netherlands (as with the British Overseas Territories), while those are managed by Australia and Canada themselves.
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Level 49
Jun 28, 2020
Great explanation. Shocked that Kal hasn't weighed in here.
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Level 59
Jul 13, 2020
Aruba is as much of a country as California. The fact that the word "country" or "state" is sometimes used to name the subdivisions of a sovereign state/country doesn't make those subdivisions sovereign states/countries in their own right. Although they may be autonomous, which isn't the same thing as independent.
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Level 75
Jan 17, 2015
That was a lot harder than it looked !
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Level 52
Jan 17, 2015
Very nice one!
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Level 68
Jan 17, 2015
Man, this was hard. Good though.
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Level 75
Sep 15, 2020
This reminded me of a 'girls names' quiz I did that had 100's of answers, but half-way through I'd guessed about 3 names and couldn't even think of my wife's name to try that. Same with this one - something about it just turned my brain off...
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Level 35
Jan 18, 2015
That took me forever! I thought I'd breeze through but had to undo timer and them it took forever as one at a time I'd change my thinking somehow and realize those fit.... Wow am I slow! If kids could spend time every day doing things like this maybe their brains would not freeze into preconceived patterns like mine has?
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Level 66
Oct 5, 2019
It is just another pattern you add, you are not simply free of patterns. It helps the brain to store things.
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Level 66
Jan 24, 2015
Only missed Kosovo :d
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Level 43
Feb 2, 2015
How about Trinidad. It ends with '"ad", just like Chad
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Level 62
Feb 3, 2015
Trinidad and Tobago actually ends in "go", just like Togo
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Level 83
Jul 18, 2015
A lot harder than you expect! But fun nonetheless. Is it bad that I thought of "Siam" first for "AM"?
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Level 74
Dec 3, 2019
Nope ... and I thought Guam second :-)
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Level 38
Feb 13, 2016
I did not get GERMANY although I am living there...
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Level 79
Mar 15, 2019
I didn't get it either, although I've been there twice and am learning the language...
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Level 38
Mar 15, 2019
I didn't get Italy and I live there, and that was the one I was trying so hard to get haha
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Level 77
Dec 2, 2019
You're all excused because Germany ends "ND" and Italy "IA".
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Level 79
Dec 2, 2019
In their native languages* ;)
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Level 44
Mar 24, 2017
Why not accept just the first part of the country name? For example just accept Luxembou for Luxembourg
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Level 54
Mar 24, 2017
no, because most of us are already conditioned to type out the whole country quickly and if just the last two letters are left out then we have to backspace and its just a hindrance when trying to go fast...
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Level 68
Jan 28, 2021
Man, I hope you'll let us in on all the amazing things you were planning to do with all the time you would have saved had you not had no type in the "RG"!
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Level 40
Mar 24, 2017
Fun quiz!
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Level 67
Mar 27, 2017
I know I am stupid when I put in Idaho
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Level 89
Mar 28, 2017
Hey man, I kept coming up with city names for the longest time.
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Level 66
Apr 25, 2019
Yes, i was cursing the american states, i could NOT get idaho and ohio out of my head. And in other country quuzes they allways pop into my head aswell. Urging me "pick me pick me !" And then im like, no go away this isnt about states. And then it like a child or pet that will stand in frontof you to still get attention. And uou are trying to look around them to still focus on what you were doing (watching tv/reading a book).

ok, my imagination turned in there, but hey.., it id 4.30... :D

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Level 68
May 17, 2017
Fun quiz. Some are obvious, and some are very evasive!
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Level 74
Feb 25, 2018
I love how 90% of comments are complaints about countries that should be included for these endings too...
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Level 66
Oct 5, 2019
Welcome to jetpunk... where people demand facts to coincide with their wishes and perceived reality. (And in some cases they literally just want the answers to match up with theirs to get a higher score, not because they truely believe it is a correct answer)
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Level 67
Dec 2, 2019
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Level 37
Mar 3, 2018
I thought the same thing about Trinidad initially, then realized that the country is actually Trinidad AND Tobago.
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Level 66
Apr 29, 2018
if IA were on this quiz, then it would officially be dumb.
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Level 65
Oct 12, 2018
Wow, that's tougher than it looks! Thanks, good one!
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Level 46
Mar 25, 2019
That was tricky with ESWANTINI seeing how the country name change just occurred in the last few weeks.

I think I mentally imagined every country on ever continent and was stumped.

Good one! Loved the quiz

Now I have to remember that Macedonia is now North Macedonia.

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Level 67
Sep 19, 2019
Scored 100% on this like 2.7% of quiz takers. Just got lucky, I guess.
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Level 72
Dec 2, 2019
SurinAM
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Level 37
Mar 20, 2020
Pellam: You are correct. Surinam used to be spelled without the "e" ; perhaps it was changed once they became independent, but I learned it without the "e" in school.
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Level 66
Jun 28, 2020
That must have been pre 1978, because that was when the spelling "Suriname" was made official.
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Level 70
Dec 2, 2019
Always thinking Birmingham until I thought VIETNAM!!!
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Level 72
Dec 2, 2019
Maybe you should change AM to something else, since I first thought of Brunei Darussalam, which is a correct official name (like eSwatini).
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Level 53
Feb 18, 2021
Jetpunk quizzes tend to use the names of countries on the Countries of the World quiz as standard.
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Level 69
Dec 3, 2019
Was tougher than I thought it would. Well done!
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Level 43
Dec 4, 2019
UGH I got them all except for Eswatini. I thought of Swaziland, but not Eswatini. 😑
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Level 74
Jul 15, 2020
I may be wrong but I think Vietnam makes all three lists, first two, first and last, last two letters. And the only country doing so.
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Level 38
Sep 10, 2020
How about Antigua and Barbuda??? doesnt it ends with Ba just like cuba?????
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Level 62
Sep 10, 2020
No, it ends with DA, just like Canada
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Level 78
Sep 11, 2020
Eh?
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Level 38
Sep 15, 2020
holy smokes I just realised how stupid my question was... hehe Now I look like an idiot... sorry for your time.
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Level 48
Oct 31, 2022
also, Austria ends with "CH"
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Level 36
Dec 4, 2020
Eswatini was just the first country that came into my mind when I was about to start answering. No one can forget his/her nationality
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Level 51
Dec 17, 2020
It's so obvious when you see the answers! I got 1 correct :c
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Level 69
Jan 1, 2021
Frustratingly difficult. 5 minutes, 24 countries, you think you'll easily get 100% but then you hit a wall and can't think of any valid answer for half of them.
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Level 26
Jan 24, 2021
Great quiz - and know what? I'm from Germany and simply didn't think of it because I keep thinking of Deutschland running through countries' name in my head ;-) Similar for Belgium, which is Belgien in German ...
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Level 79
Oct 12, 2021
Holy cow. It's like my brain just couldn't compute. That was so much harder than I thought it was gonna be!
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Level 64
Feb 10, 2022
One of the best quizzes I've seen! Fascinating how our brains are so much less programmed to deal with word-final than word-initial. Well, mine is, anyway!
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Level 67
Jun 19, 2022
I didn’t get Lesotho because ‘th’ and ‘h’ are different sounds.
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Level 36
Jun 19, 2022
Isn't Faroe island a country?
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Level 82
Jun 19, 2022
no
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Level 58
Jun 19, 2022
But also yes. The Faroe Islands are a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark, alongside Greenland and Denmark.

Nowadays when there are very few countries that are not fully sovereign countries, people find it hard to get their heads around the idea of a country that isn't fully independent. However in the middle of the 20th century when the world was full of countries that did not enjoy sovereignty, the concept would not have seemed so strange.

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Level 62
Jun 19, 2022
Whether or not it’s a country, what relevance does the question have to this quiz?
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Level 41
Jun 20, 2022
It would be great for this to change each time to a random selection of countries! Really good quiz, hard!
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Level 79
Jan 2, 2023
Dahomey for EY? ;)
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Level 69
Jan 30, 2024
Hasn't been called Dahomey since 1975.
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Level 73
Feb 16, 2023
A big surprise for me, I scored 20/24. Thanks for the quiz!
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Level 77
Sep 8, 2023
Turkiye*
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Level 44
Feb 2, 2024
Forgot my own country!!!