Geo Trivia: How many COUNTRIES can you name that have only FOUR LETTERS in their name?

[AviatorTom]

Many countries have long names, but there are a few that only have 4 letters in their English names.

How many can you name?

We'll give you one for starters... CUBA.

Correct answer will be given in a few days... Thursday

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Please don't cheat by looking it up. This is for fun... see how you can do from memory.

by the way, There are ten 4-letter countries, 11 if you count one that some don't treat as a country.

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There are 10 countries with 4-letter names:
Chad Cuba Fiji Iran Iraq Laos Mali Oman Peru Togo
11 if you add Niue, which some say is not a country.

[KostasKouvalis]

1. CHAD

2. TOGO

3. PERU

4. FIJI

5. OMAN

6. IRAQ

7. IRAN

8. CUBA

9. MALI

10. LAOS

BONUS :NIUE

Jesus, that was hard! Even knowing every country in the world, without a map or going through every single country in geographic order, it's so difficult to think of them off the top of your head. I almost gave up, and I will say that telling us how many they are helped a lot, because I doubt I would've gotten all of them without that.

[KostasKouvalis]

Is there a reason you didn't give me MHO when I got all of them, including the bonus?

[FunkyMonkee]

Japan, Greece, Peru, Panama, Canada, Russia, India, Suez, Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Hamas, Rome, Congo, Haiti. Well, those are the only ones I can think of. Geography was never my long suit.

[FunkyMonkee]

Tahiti.

[AviatorTom]

@FunkyMonkee Interesting take on the question. We were thinking 4 characters in their name, you named countries that may have more characters but only 4 different letters.

Some in your list aren't countries though, like Suez and Rome.

For creativity, and thinking outside the box, you deserve a MHO.

[FunkyMonkee]

Thank you! Thank you! Please, no applause, just throw money.
Well, like I said, geography was never my long suit!
I just figured, if the Panama canal is in Panama, the Seuz canal should be in Suez.
Also, this is at least the second time in a row that I've been up 36-hours. Well, at this point, it's about 28 but I'm gonna try not to go to bed `til at least 10:00 p. m..

[FunkyMonkee]

That's Niue to me.

[CrazyGirl2]

Chad
Cuba
Fiji
Iraq
iran
Laos
Mali
Niue
Oman
Peru
and finally, Togo!
Guam also has only 4 letters in its name, but it’s technically NOT a country, It’s a territory of the United States!
Hey would USSR count if IT was still a country?

I hope this helps, sweetie.
Laura 🤗

[KostasKouvalis]

I forgot Guam. I put "Niue" for the bonus. That clue he gave was kind of vague, as surely there are some people who don't consider SOMETHING from that list as a country. A better clue would have been, "isn't officially a country."

I'm curious now which one he actually had in mind for the bonus. If he made a gaffe and forgot Guam too, or if he had something completely different in mind,

[CrazyGirl2]

@KostasKouvalis Yeah, I def think Guam was the “non-country” country, and I think the hint alluded to Guam. Guam is easy to know it’s not a country, when you think who is the president of Guam… The President of The United States. Hey if you can get Niue, then you are alright in my book.

[AviatorTom]

After checking with the Trivia Gods about USSR... sorry, that wouldn't count. But CCCP might. 🙊🙉🙈

[KostasKouvalis]

Joe Biden is the president of the United States, not of Guam.

[KostasKouvalis]

Me too. I'm very surprised people got Niue. How did the hint ellude to Guam? Niue is more a country than Guam.

I don't think acronyms count

[AviatorTom]

@KostasKouvalis Guam is a US territory, not a country. Niue is considered "an island country in free association with New Zealand" and that's what #11 refers to.

[KostasKouvalis]

Okay, so Niue

[CrazyGirl2]

Okay @AviatorTom, I didn't really think you’d hold me to the Cyrillic anagram for a country that had not existed for over a decade before I was even conceived. But it’s a fair cop. Cheers 🥂

[CrazyGirl2]

@KostasKouvalis C’mon, Kostas. Just Google "Who is the president of Guam"… Here, i’ve done it for you: www.google.com/search

Answer: Guam/President Joe Biden, because Guam is a US territory and people born, and living in The US Territory of Guam are US Citizens, although as an unincorporated territory, only certain constitutional rights are guaranteed there. Also Just under 17% of those Guam citizens are US Military personnel, and their dependents.

Now, I knew absolutely NONE of this yesterday (except that it has four letters in its name) until I did MY due diligence and checked these facts before I actually wrote it on a public forum in the internet, where it would have been absolutely horrible to publicly display my near total ignorance of Guam, so that people might openly mock me. However, I WILL freely admit that I was almost completely ignorant of ANY facts about Guam, except 1) it was acquired by the US from Spain during that Spanish-American War, without a single battle, as Guam was completely unaware that Spain was even AT was with the USA, and 2) My mom was stationed in Guam for a few months, while they waited for a position to open up for her in Germany. Kostas, I don’t write facts online, unless I either KNOW 100% for sure I’m correct, or I look it up first to make sure i’m correct, and when I look an answer (or part of an answer) I usually include a source, per the ethical standard's of standard Western academia. (source above)

by the way, The President of The Unites Sates is also the President of: American Samoa, The Northern Mariana Islands, The U. S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
(Same Source as above: www.google.com/search )

But I still love you.
Laura 🤗😘 😍

[CrazyGirl2]

@KostasKouvalis You need to leave the names that automatically appear when you hit [Reply], such as @CrazyGirl2 & @AviatorTom so we know whom you are addressing your reply. it get really confusing in here without that, sweetie. Thanks in advance

Lots of love, Laura 🤗

[Amy10223]

I can name 5: Fiji, Mali, Chad, Togo and Peru. I’m sure there are more that I can’t think of now.

[Amy10223]

I forgot Cuba!

[Amy10223]

Thanks for MHO. How could I forget Iraq and Iran?

[4ngelic]

iraq

chad

cuba

iran

oman

zair

[AviatorTom]

I don't think zair is a country. Zaire used to be a country but its name is now Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[msc545]

Chad
Cuba
Fiji
Iran
Iraq
Laos
Mali

[AviatorTom]

Good start... there's a few more

[msc545]

sorry - here

Chad
Cuba
Fiji
Iran
Iraq
Laos
Mali
Niue
Oman
Peru
Togo
Togo

[msc545]

accidentally duplicated Togo - cannot correct it of course.

[Aubrey97]

Pointless if you're going to cheat but Niue isn't a country

[msc545]

@Aubrey97 Watch who the fuck you accuse of cheating, stupid:

www.google.com/search

[Aubrey97]

Niue belongs to New Zealand dumbass. And Belize isn't in South America. You are cheating or you'd know these things.

[Aubrey97]

@Sandman731 yeah that and it's all in perfect alphabetical order in like two minutes. It's pointless to deny it. Whatever, if it makes him feel better.

[msc545]

@Aubrey97 Excuse me for alphabetizing. Read the link I posted, stupid.

[AviatorTom]

@Aubrey97 Wikipedia says it is "Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niue

[Aubrey97]

Self-governing island may be true but it's not independent. The island belongs to New Zealand, and all the people are citizens of New Zealand and it's not a United Nations member. Greenland is also self-governing and no one argues it's independent from Denmark. Why wikipedia is refering to it as a country is inconsistent at best.

[msc545]

@Sandman731 wrong

[msc545]

Prove it or shut the fuck up

[msc545]

You are whining because you don't have the

[msc545]

Intelligence to even answer this question, but I will give you that you have enough common sense to know that you don't and therefore didn't even bother trying to answer it.

[docster]

Peru, Chad, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Togo, Oman.

Seven is all I got.

[DarkLegacy]

Love these questions so here goes:

• Chad
• Oman
• Iraq
• Iran
• Cuba
• Togo
• Laos
• Peru
• Mali
• Fiji

[Agape93]

Bali
Chad
Peru
Fiji
Cuba
Iran
Iraq
Chile

[Agape93]

Ignore Chile lol derp

[NathanDavis]

about 10 years ago... this would have been right

as the -CH- in Spanish was officially it's own, one letter

[Brady]

I didn't look at the one you gave.

1. Iran
2. Iraq

[Brady]

3. Cuba

[Brady]

How many othrs got 3? 2

[Kelly6]

@AviatorTom

Iran

Iraq

Fuji

Mali

Peru

Cuba

Oman

[Jersey2]

Fiji I think you mean.

[Kelly6]

@Jersey2 yup, lol

[DJB72]

Peru
Siam (historical)
Cuba
Lima
Eire
Chad
Togo
Fiji
Iran
Iraq
Guam
Mali
Laos
Niue

Can't think of any more so 14

[DJB72]

Ok, just realised Lima is a city...

[KostasKouvalis]

I'm kicking myself for forgetting Guam, but that's HIS fault because he said there were only 10 and one bonus

[midnightmoon05]

Cuba came to my mind.

[AviatorTom]

Some have great minds 😎

[MysticDevice]

Chad

Iraq

Iran

USSR. Hehe

DPRK. Hehe

Peru

All I can think of off the top of my head.

[ChiTown33]

Laos

Cuba

Chad

Iran

Iraq

[DextroShade]

Off the top of my head:

Iraq
Iran
Chad

[MemeSupreme]

chad, peru, iran, and iraq lol

[Astarlessnightsky]

Peru
Iran
Irak
Fiji

[jennifer_bloom]

Iran / Iraq / Fiji / Toga

[exitseven]

Iraq and Iran. Chad,

[StudyingAuthor]

um...

[jamesgoldman]

Cuba
Iran
Niue
Iraq
Chad
Oman

[Pohjolan]

Iran, Iraq, Mali, Peru, Fiji, Oman, Togo,

[DaBiggestBird]

Stalingrad