My theory is that South Africa is generally a more well-known country, which means there will be people who don't really think about what the name means when they think about South Africa.
In contrast, South Sudan is a relatively new country just south of the country of Sudan. Therefore people who are aware of South Sudan's existence will be more likely to associate it with the cardinal direction.
I haven't yet searched the actual text of the constitutional amendment, but some news reports suggest it's conditional, only coming into force after Greece also ratifies the agreement and approves NATO membership. So not yet.
Also if it were to become a sovereign state, wouldn't it be referred to as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic? Or would Western Sahara be its official shorthand?
Yes. Good point. The world at large (including JP) has acquiesced to Morocco's absorption of WS, but clearly not with the acceptance of true (i.e. not imported by Morocco) Sahwari people.
UK's official name actually is "United Kingdom of Great Britain and *Northern* Ireland", so it should be either added, already filled-in or excluded by a caveat.
It might also be interesting a version including Countries with "Cardinal Directions in their meaning":
This quiz and virtually all quizzes on JetPunk are using the "short name" of the country (with the odd exceptions of the DRC, Republic of Congo, and Micronesia). If we used full official names then the UK would be on and North and South Korea would both be off. But it's not.
March is not an incorrect translation, though a somewhat archaic one. This definition of march is a borderland, for example the Welsh Marches.
For Yemen, it looks as though the etymology is not perfectly clear, and could be convergent. From Wikipedia: One etymology derives Yemen from ymnt, meaning literally "South [of the Arabian Peninsula]", and significantly plays on the notion of the land to the right [of the Kaaba]. Other sources claim that Yemen is related to yamn or yumn, meaning "felicity" or "blessed", as much of the country is fertile, in contrast to the barren land of most of Arabia.
I see peiple dabeting iver adding the full name of the UK, and more bizarre cases as Norway or Australia, why shouldn’t I demand the addition of Equatorial Guinea?
That's an interesting thought, but "central" is a location, not a direction. You wouldn't tell someone "go north for five miles and then go central for two miles." At least, you shouldn't.
I would've added Western Sahara at the least if not Northern Ireland. Or at least say the countries not included that we might think would be in the description.
Too little time, it is not like randomly spamming countries will help you get any answers. No reason for it to be mere seconds, if you make one typo you are stuffed.
I'm half laughing, half disappointing. I was going to make a quiz with the exact same name without the "in their name", and I was just making sure the quiz wasn't already out there.
Missed the "North Macedonia", because for all rational people it's just "Macedonia". Forgot that stupid greeks demanded the name change. Shame on them.
The dispute is certainly dumb, but it's also dumb to name a country for something that it's only a part of. North Macedonia is only a part of Macedonia! That would be like if a country that's part of a continent tried to appropriate the name of the whole continent - oh, wait...
Wow. I made a VERY similar quiz, oblivious about the existence of this quiz. Great quiz, though! I got all the answers lol. Unfortunately, my quiz will never be featured. (Begs for people to take my quizzes)
Cardinal point is not in the usual short name, but Uruguay's full denomination is "República Oriental del Uruguay" ("Republic east of the Uruguay river")
In contrast, South Sudan is a relatively new country just south of the country of Sudan. Therefore people who are aware of South Sudan's existence will be more likely to associate it with the cardinal direction.
It might also be interesting a version including Countries with "Cardinal Directions in their meaning":
- "Australia" means "Southern land",
- "Austria" means "Eastern March",
- "Norway" means "Northern way",
- "Tonga" means "South",
- "Vietnam" means "Viet South",
- "Yemen" means "South".
For Yemen, it looks as though the etymology is not perfectly clear, and could be convergent. From Wikipedia: One etymology derives Yemen from ymnt, meaning literally "South [of the Arabian Peninsula]", and significantly plays on the notion of the land to the right [of the Kaaba]. Other sources claim that Yemen is related to yamn or yumn, meaning "felicity" or "blessed", as much of the country is fertile, in contrast to the barren land of most of Arabia.
"It was written under title nianiania"
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I got the following countries:
North Korea
North Macedonia
East Timor
South Sudan
South Korea