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One-Syllable World Capital Cities

Name the five national capitals that have a one-syllable name.
In English
Quiz by inderweg
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Last updated: September 14, 2018
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First submittedMay 31, 2014
Times taken42,590
Average score60.0%
Rating4.32
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Continent
Capital
Europe
Bern
Minsk
Prague
Rome
Asia
Seoul
gracie18
+17
Level 49
Sep 2, 2014
Kiev, Ukraine? Although I guess that could be pronounced in 2 syllables.
Carry
+8
Level 63
Sep 2, 2014
I thought the same thing but I checked a dictionary and it does have 2: Ki|ev. I also don't know how I got Prague because I thought that one had 2.
jruland
+15
Level 38
Sep 3, 2014
How would you pronounce Prague with two syllables?
Junji3000
+2
Level 50
Jan 1, 2024
But now there has been a name change from Kiev to Kyiv, so it is technically a one syllable name now :)
IvanTheNorse
+13
Level 56
Sep 12, 2014
I completely agree. I almost didn't consider it because the native pronunciation is Praha.
dasubergeek
+14
Level 74
Sep 21, 2014
It's pronounced as one syllable: "Kyiv".
Antofagasta
+4
Level 67
Oct 20, 2016
In Ukrainian maybe.
wkrpnyc
+1
Level 81
Feb 27, 2023
and Russian
kalbahamut
+16
Level 82
May 26, 2018
A Japanese person might pronounce Prague with 3 syllables.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Jun 29, 2018
*rimshot* *cymbal*
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Mar 14, 2020
That wasn't a joke. It depends on your accent. Kiev probably should be considered one-syllable, but it's not on this quiz because most Americans are used to hearing it pronounced with two syllables.
sawmos
+1
Level 52
Mar 26, 2015
Ki-ev
JRM4PM
+2
Level 34
Nov 16, 2018
Kee-ev

How were you pronouncing it?

Kahikatea
+3
Level 76
Mar 14, 2020
The correct pronunciation of Kiev is k'yev, as one syllable.
otissaroke
+2
Level 32
Sep 2, 2014
Only got Rome
CardinalSin
+5
Level 77
Nov 14, 2018
.....which would have two syllables in Italian
rphxx
+7
Level 71
Jan 13, 2019
But this quiz is in English, so it's not Roma.
Luni
+2
Level 85
Mar 14, 2020
Unless you are in Phantom of the Opera
siocnarfus
+7
Level 28
Sep 2, 2014
I'm wondering how to pronounce Seoul in English. In French, it is pronounced in 2 syllables...
camus
+4
Level 78
Sep 2, 2014
It's like "soul" or "sole".
SWATkun
+4
Level 60
Nov 14, 2018
I pronounce it as 'See-Owl'
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jun 6, 2019
say-ool here
Arp2600
+7
Level 86
Sep 2, 2014
In french, we pronounce Seoul in two syllabes et Kiev in one :3.
ICEDAAL
+1
Level 36
Aug 14, 2022
Seoul sound a bit like soul
RJF
+1
Level 64
Nov 28, 2022
The thing about Seoul is that people who are not familiar with romanisation of Hangul tend to interpret it as 'se-oul', since -ou as a digraph makes more sense in most European languages than -eo. In Korean that's different however, and so it's not 'se-oul', but 'seo-ul'. That does make it nominally bi-syllabic, but both in Korean and in English, the two vowels virtually always merge into a single diphthong.
LarryLovage
+3
Level 55
Sep 2, 2014
In their original languages, Vienna (Wien) has one syllable, but Rome (Roma) has two.
Etanna
+3
Level 70
Sep 2, 2014
and Prague (Praha) has also two in Czech
englishsystem
+7
Level 68
Dec 2, 2014
Note that this quiz states, "In English."
Etanna
+4
Level 70
Jan 5, 2018
yes, of course, these are just interesting facts :)
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
May 26, 2018
Some of these really a matter of difference in accent than difference in language. Some a matter of whether you treat two vowels sounds as a dipthong or as two distinct syllables.
kiwirage
+1
Level 63
Sep 2, 2014
Haven't had my coffee yet, and only got Minsk. Am proceeding to kick myself four times.
ander217
+3
Level 75
Sep 2, 2014
Minsk is the only one I didn't get, so I suppose I only need to kick myself once.
GhostRider
+1
Level 35
May 1, 2015
Does anyone else love kiwirage?
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 65
Oct 1, 2015
Me :)
loganite
+2
Level 88
Sep 2, 2014
I tried Skopje, because I've always pronounced it "scope" in my head. I just learned today it's pronounced "scopia."
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Jan 17, 2024
Silent J?
Kontio100
+1
Level 52
Sep 2, 2014
Got 4/5, didn't get Prague and still cant imagine it as one. But i'm not English speaker. I was thinking Kiev and Praia. And I don't know how you say example Lome either.
BotswanaEmperor
+1
Level 68
Apr 13, 2020
Lome is low-may.
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Jan 17, 2024
Not an English speaker but still default to silent E?
Terradraconum
+1
Level 33
Sep 5, 2014
4/5 I missed Prague. I'm happy with that though.....
callmebob
+1
Level 62
Sep 10, 2014
argh, missed Prague!
jon12
+1
Level 57
Sep 11, 2014
what happened to perth, australia?
pctjunkie
+11
Level 89
Sep 12, 2014
Perth isn't the capital of Australia, that's what happened.
DeusCaritasEst
+4
Level 55
Apr 6, 2016
And the city's still there, as far as I know.
Antofagasta
+4
Level 67
Oct 20, 2016
Ah, I think you forget, it crumbled into the sea last December.
Antofagasta
+3
Level 67
Oct 20, 2016
Cities just do that sometimes.
Antofagasta
+1
Level 67
Oct 20, 2016
Atlantis...
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 84
Mar 27, 2017
Atlantis is in the middle of Georga.
IBRK
+3
Level 71
Apr 4, 2017
You mean Atlanta in Georgia?
Antofagasta
+1
Level 67
Jun 15, 2017
I've just revisited this quiz and I see the joke. *Futurama*
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Jun 29, 2018
Rome is in Georgia too. Its the capital, that's why Atlantis didn't make the list.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
I think he meant gorge. It explains why it is lost to us. Devoured by the sea. (it comes from thee latin gurge and actually meant whirpool, so not just "big hole").

Atlantis swallowed whole. If not by a natural gorge, than perhaps by a giant seamonster ;)

daffad
+1
Level 19
Nov 17, 2014
done with 1:51, thanks for telling me

the answers comments

bern, minsk, prague, rome, seoul

GhostRider
+1
Level 35
May 1, 2015
I know, right? I just read your comment, and got them all with 2:58 remaining.
cosmokim
+5
Level 65
May 19, 2016
And reading comments takes all the fun out of a quiz, cheaters.
Antofagasta
+3
Level 67
Oct 20, 2016
I completely agree with cosmokim. I never read the comments before finishing the quiz.
NielsCoolen
+9
Level 62
Nov 14, 2018
What's the point of taking a quiz when you're gonna look up the answers before taking it anyway?

Seems like time wasted.

Brickster
+1
Level 28
Nov 29, 2014
5/5
beu
+2
Level 66
Jan 28, 2015
Why Antananarivo isn't a good answer?
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
Nov 14, 2018
Also, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte?
Beranek888
+1
Level 52
Nov 14, 2018
I kept thinking Bandar Seri Begawan
ddddan
+2
Level 81
Nov 14, 2018
Don't forget "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit"

(a.k.a. Bangkok)

Elan
+1
Level 65
Mar 16, 2015
I got them all...it took me a little while to get seoul
jayjay068
+1
Level 23
Jun 22, 2015
Isn't Seoul a two syllable capital city.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 65
Oct 1, 2015
no. it's pronounced "soul"
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
Not in english apparently but in many ( most?) other languages it is/
Neptune777
+1
Level 70
Aug 1, 2016
Missed just Minsk.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Mar 27, 2017
4 of 5. What can I say? I am Seoul-less.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
You need new shoes? Or did your reincarnation go wrong?
GeographyMaster21
+1
Level 34
Apr 4, 2017
What about Lome, Togo.
GeographyGeek42
+2
Level 66
Nov 14, 2018
Lomé is pronounce (LO-may) I'm pretty sure
Dijko
+2
Level 45
Dec 31, 2017
Another name for this game could be" name random european capitals and another asian capital game"
Jack03Skora
+1
Level 73
May 26, 2018
what about kiev
MasterKenobi
+1
Level 60
Nov 14, 2018
It's pronounced with two distinct syllables in English.
Chronikhiles
+1
Level 49
Nov 14, 2018
MINSK. I kept visualising Russia, but forgot about a country right next to it.
dognose
+1
Level 82
Nov 14, 2018
Lome is usually pronounced with one syllable
scrumpyone
+5
Level 45
Nov 14, 2018
Is that Chinese for Rome?
DannyyJ
+1
Level 45
Nov 14, 2018
@scrumpyone SCREAMING HAHAHAHA
ruudsje
+1
Level 69
Nov 14, 2018
i know, right?
AndreasP96
+1
Level 71
Nov 14, 2018
I didn't get Prague... and I'm from Prague.
GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 66
Nov 14, 2018
Praha?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
Are you got at remembering the capital Praia?
rubuenaso
+1
Level 56
Nov 14, 2018
the only one acceptable is Minsk and Bern, the others are two- syllable words
ruudsje
+1
Level 69
Nov 14, 2018
bam!! you tell'm man!
BoomDude298019
+1
Level 25
Nov 14, 2018
I looked in the comments for the answers and got it finished with 1:39 remaining.
pmack18
+1
Level 47
Nov 14, 2018
5/5 with 2:31 left.
RealDad12
+1
Level 67
Nov 14, 2018
No need to kick myself... 5/5 with 1:53 left.
MasterKenobi
+2
Level 60
Nov 14, 2018
Who else thought of Rome and Seoul last?
dawn06
+1
Level 21
Nov 15, 2018
I nearly ran out of time before I remembered Minsk...whew...
martinz
+2
Level 50
Nov 15, 2018
Wha about Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte?
Aleksandro
+1
Level 48
Nov 15, 2018
Honestly thought I wouldn't get them but I did
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
I needed some time to warm up aswell, first 30 seconds nothing.. (might ve been less, but felt like a long time) then one, and still quite some time before a new one came, then several slightly faster, and a bigger pause for the last one.
DewgongFTW
+1
Level 25
Nov 16, 2018
Is Seoul a 2 syllables or 1 syllable because I pronounce it as 2 syllables?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2020
Depends where you are from
PastaStalin
+1
Level 28
Nov 16, 2018
I got Minsk but not Seoul! The heck is wrong with me?
gypsy2210
+1
Level 60
Dec 17, 2018
Lome is also a capital city in Africa
AnEverydayNerd8
+1
Level 55
Dec 30, 2018
1:37 left. Nearly missed Prague until I started going over every European capital.
SIMULATION
+1
Level 62
Sep 13, 2019
Guess I've been mispronouncing Seoul all my life.
TheRatmeister
+1
Level 85
Mar 14, 2020
Kyiv is one syllable.
xb3nw0
+1
Level 49
Mar 14, 2020
Kinda weird that stuff like Nassau, Seoul etc. were not included.
xb3nw0
+1
Level 49
Mar 14, 2020
Why tf did I think Nassau was one syllable

and seoul is in the list

I'm such a moron aren't I?

EcceHomo
+1
Level 79
Mar 1, 2021
Ha ha, nice monologue. It brought a smile to my face. It's the kind of thing I do !
AyBrains
+1
Level 37
Apr 23, 2020
My life is a lie. My whole life, I pronounced "Seoul" as "Seal"
Azerk
+2
Level 64
Sep 9, 2023
But "Seal" is also one syllable?
Eliotbliss
+1
Level 73
May 8, 2020
If Kyev is not included then Lomé should be. The monosyllabic pronunciation of Kyev is becoming much more common and Lome is often pronounced in English speaking countries with a silent e formation (although it is wrong)
TurkeyCookTime
+2
Level 76
Sep 19, 2021
You literally just asked for an answer to be added, then immediately said it was wrong.
JessicaDR
+1
Level 62
Jun 4, 2020
what about Lome?
camus
+1
Level 78
Jun 17, 2020
Lomé. Two syllables.
Felixcroc
+3
Level 69
Mar 11, 2022
Given the change from Kiev /ki.yev/ to Kyiv /kiv/ that most people have been doing, I think it should be added
rabble
+1
Level 66
Mar 2, 2023
Fun quiz, ty
MK411
+1
Level 61
Sep 2, 2023
Seoul has 2 syllables, being 서(Seo)-울(ul).
Azerk
+1
Level 64
Sep 9, 2023
In English, Seoul is pronounced with one syllable
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