Random Countries and Capitals without Vowels

Given 20 random countries and capitals, we've removed all their vowels. Can you place them back in to name the original country or capital?
Inspired by Fruits: No Vowels
In this quiz, all Y's are counted as vowels, except those at the start of words.
All answers are one word.
Quiz by Stewart
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Last updated: November 4, 2019
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First submittedNovember 4, 2019
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Country / Capital
GRND
Grenada
VNTN
Vientiane
PLND
Poland
ZBKSTN
Uzbekistan
CMRN
Cameroon
TRN
Tirana
RM
Rome
LND
Luanda
GDG
Ouagadougou
MRCC
Morocco
YMN
Yemen
SPN
Spain
QT
Quito
ZGRB
Zagreb
LLNGW
Lilongwe
GBRN
Gaborone
SNGPR
Singapore
BRND
Burundi
GTG
Gitega
SRB
Serbia
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Level 69
Nov 4, 2019
Nice quiz, thank you

Didn’t get Tirana, kept seeing Turin which isn’t a capital!

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Level 68
Nov 4, 2019
Ah yes, TRN is certainly a fiendish combination of letter :P
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Level 50
Mar 30, 2022
Since when Y is a vowel?
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Level 68
Mar 30, 2022
Y is a vowel when it produces a vowel sound. E.g. Germany uses Y as a vowel, because it is pronounced Ger-man-ee, but Yemen is not since it does not use the Y as a vowel sound.
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Level 71
Dec 23, 2023
At school, I was taught vowels are only ever AEIOU, but friends from some other countries say they were taught Y is also vowel depending on how it is pronounced in the word ... so it's not consistent globally! So I'm grateful when quiz-setters clarify what they mean by "vowel", like done here - thank you.
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Level 48
Jan 30, 2024
STN can be two different things (one a Baltic country, the other the capital of a central Asian country), I could only think of the one that wasn't accepted.