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Can you name all the countries that have shorter alternate names or have shorter abbreviations as a type-in on the Countries of the World Quiz?
Only the shortened form will be accepted.
Excluding misspellings and countries that commonly go by a short name (like Bosnia or Trinidad)
Answers are listed alphabetically by their actual full name.
Quiz by Dimby
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Last updated: September 21, 2023
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First submittedNovember 4, 2022
Times taken74
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Abbreviations
CAR (Central African Republic)
PRC (China)
DRC (Congo)
DR (Dominican Republic)
FSM (Micronesia)
NZ (New Zealand)
DPRK (North Korea)
FYROM (North Macedonia)
PNG (Papua New Guinea)
KSA (Saudi Arabia)
ROK (South Korea)
ROC (Taiwan)
UAE (United Arab Emirates)
UK (United Kingdom)
USA (United States)
Shorter Alternate Names
Czechia (Czech Republic)
Burma (Myanmar)
Holland (Netherlands)
Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
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Level 60
Nov 6, 2022
Nice idea. I think you should more explicitly say what counts as an alternate name. Some would include countries with ___ and ___ (Antigua & Barbuda, Bosnia & Herzegovina, etc) or countries that only require a keyword to be in the answer (North Macedonia, both Congos, F. S. Micronesia, though 3/4 of which also have acronyms).
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Level 77
Nov 6, 2022
Oh yeah, good point. I’ll add that as a caveat. Thanks. :)
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Level 49
Jan 9, 2023
What about "Congo" for republic of congo (or if it has a shorter one)
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Level 77
Jan 9, 2023
The caveats say that countries that commonly go by a short name are omitted, like "Congo" or "Bosnia". This quiz is more about abbreviations. Otherwise, I'd have to include Antigua, Sao Tome, etc., etc., etc.
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Level 50
Sep 21, 2023
didnt get drc because my brain just deleted dr. congo when i saw in the caveats that congo wasnt accepted for drc and republic congo, nominated
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Level 77
Sep 21, 2023
Thanks! Changed it to Trinidad to remove the confusion!
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Level 60
Oct 29, 2023
It tripped me up that this was only shortcuts because I was wondering why Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Türkiye, and Timor-Leste didn't work.