Countries with Most Unusual Names by Length

For each length, give the five countries with the most unusual names. "Most unusual" here means "least similar, on average, to the names of other countries," with similarity measured by minimum edit distance.
A brief explanation of "minimum edit distance" can be found in the instructions to this quiz.
The continent of each country is given as a hint.
Spaces don't count.
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Last updated: October 27, 2018
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Four Letters
Oceania
7.610
Fiji
Africa
7.600
Togo
South America
7.528
Peru
Africa
7.379
Chad
Asia
7.221
Laos
 
 
 
Five Letters
Africa
7.841
Egypt
South America
7.497
Chile
Asia
7.441
Yemen
Africa
7.374
Niger
Oceania
7.303
Nauru
 
 
 
Six Letters
Europe
7.908
Kosovo
Asia
7.882
Cyprus
Europe
7.774
Greece
Asia
7.728
Turkey
North America
7.615
Mexico
Seven Letters
Africa
8.102
Lesotho
Africa
8.072
Morocco
Europe
7.969
Belgium
Africa
7.923
Comoros
South America
7.897
Uruguay
 
 
 
Eight Letters
Africa
8.554
Djibouti
Africa
8.323
Zimbabwe
Asia
8.154
Maldives
Europe
8.149
Portugal
Africa
8.087
Cameroon
Nine Letters
Africa
8.903
Cape Verde
Asia
8.867
East Timor
South America
8.753
Venezuela
Asia
8.564
Singapore
Africa
8.507
Mauritius
 
 
 
Ten Letters
Europe
9.841
Luxembourg
Africa
9.749
Seychelles
Africa
9.456
Ivory Coast
Asia
9.415
Kyrgyzstan
Africa
9.415
Mozambique
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Level 86
Oct 27, 2018
For those that are curious, the two ten-letter countries that both have an average distance of 9.415 do represent a genuine tie, not two different values that happened to round to the same number.