GEOGRAPHY QUIZ - one syllable country names?

[AviatorTom]

There are only five (5) countries that have one-syllable names (in English). Can you name them?

Correct answer will be posted tomorrow.

Updates

+1 y

Before @purplepoppy chimes in, there are actually six (6), counting Wales. The source I got this from didn't include Wales, which is unfortunate, because as we all know, Wales IS a country.

So, let's see if you can name the other five (5).

[abc3643]

Hmmmm, let me think...
Chad
Laos
Spain
France
(taking a long time on that 5th one)
(now looking at a map thinking it's in Africa or Oceania)
It just hit me... I don't know if it counts because it's a US territory, but Guam.

[abc3643]

Oh, shit! Greece - the one part of the world where my mind forgot to wander! (I stopped at Turkey.)

[ChiTown33]

Off the top of my head I can only think of 4 Chad, Spain, France, Greece.

[AviatorTom]

Good, the missing one is in Asia

[ChiTown33]

Yeah I read the other posts afterward. I assumed you wanted us to do this from memory. Because what fun would it be to just look up the answers. 🤣

[Anonymous]

I'm usually good at Geography, but I got confused here.
I don't understand why Spain and Laos are 1-syllable words.. Is ey in Spain a diphthong? Sorry, if my question sounds dumb, I'm not a native speaker

[AviatorTom]

Good points. Spain (pronounced "spane") is clearly one-syllable in English, and multi-syllabic "Español" in Spanish. I myself questioned Laos, since it's correctly pronounced ""la-ose" as two syllables, though it's often shorted to just "louse".

[WhatTheHeckkkk]

Yes I can name them!!😁 We did this in my geography class in high school lol.


I don’t wanna spoil it for everyone else so I won’t say it.

[MCheetah]

Guam, France, Spain, Greece... That's all I can think of for now, without looking them up.

[AviatorTom]

Pretty good, but Guam is not a country, it's a US territory

[andreasderjuengere]

If you're drunk enough, then almost ALL countries have one syllable only :)

[DonkeyDan]

France, Spain, Geece, Chad, Laos.

[AviatorTom]

I'm not sure where Geece is, maybe it's Ελλάδα. LOL

[purplepoppy]

I'm surprised there's so few.

[AviatorTom]

@purplepoppy I can fully understand that coming from someone who lives in a country where place names are so long they're measured in metres, not syllables. 😀

[Astarlessnightsky]

France
Spain
Greece
Chad
Wales

[AviatorTom]

Almost... there's one in Asia.

[Astarlessnightsky]

You mean Laos, which i read in other comments?

I got no idea how its pronounced in English, as a native german speaker i only know it as [La-os]

[JuanVeIasco]

I can only think of Chad.

[AviatorTom]

Take a peek at Europe...

[douride2]

France, Spain & Greece is all I can come up with.

[AviatorTom]

The other two are in Africa and Asia.

[Anonymous]

Uh. Laos, Chad, Wales, Spain, France, can’t think of any more.

[exitseven]

I think Chad is one of them

[Andres77]

SLFGC?

[AviatorTom]

You got em!

[NathanDavis]

syllables in English are just WEIRD... lmfao

[suckmynuts369]

Ain't got a clue.