Can you name the countries that include '-land' or '-stan'?

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Lands and Stans Quiz

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Created by: Booger -
Published: March 1st, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 170,090

Tags: Country Quizzes, land, stand, include, -land, -stan

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	quest:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 05:45 GMT	109 points
	hmm... it never occurred to me throughout this quiz that "island" ends in "land"

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	rockhopperlad:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 05:52 GMT	98 points
	England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Greenland are not independent countries (the first three being parts of the UK and the last being a Danish dependency). That's why they're not listed here. I missed three. I can't believe I forgot Pakistan! It's one of those "so obvious I overlooked it" moments.

	phw:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 05:54 GMT	71 points
	England, Greenland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, etc. are not autonomous countries. They're more like Kurdistan or Maryland and ought not be included on this list.

	weizenugb:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 06:01 GMT	40 points
	Have you people like never been on this site before? Listen to rockhopperlad and phw.

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	iana:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 06:19 GMT	-4 points
	islands should not count since it doesn't actually end with "land". "Island" is a completely different concept than "land"

	jism:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 06:49 GMT	3 points
	The argument will go on forever with several different answers. On one hand England and Scotland are countries, the United Kingdom is a Sovereign State. The UK Government's official statistics website lists them as separate countries. But in some global organisations because of the confusing history of the United Kingdom, they list the country as the United Kingdom.

	swellwrench:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 07:07 GMT	39 points
	No bonus for Sealand? :)

	some_guy:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 07:09 GMT	23 points
	If only i could spell Kyrgyzstan...

	Distiller:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 08:23 GMT	10 points
	Brilliant brilliant quiz! Missed the Islands and Finland.

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	croissantfever:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 08:48 GMT	71 points
	Well technically the country name is 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', commonly known as United Kingdom, so should probably be included. However neither England or Scotland are independent countries. As someone who lives there, I think I know.

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	BigThing:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 09:22 GMT	29 points
	Ahh missed Finland. Thought I would find this easier with all my brave attempts at "Countries of the world", but this is a whole new way of looking at countries hehe. Plus, I'm from the Netherlands (25.8%?!?!) and we have a lot more country names ending in -land (Greece - Griekenland, Germany - Duitsland, Russia - Rusland etc.).

	rahv:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 09:30 GMT	17 points
	yeah, funny thing ... neither switzerland nor poland end with "-land" in the respective national language (in case of switzerland in none of the three languages). on the other hand, some other countries do (but not in their english names).

	chambers:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 09:33 GMT	6 points
	i got all the stans then had a big mantal block and all i could think of were england, holland and greenland. none of these are countries on the list

	chambers:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 09:34 GMT	21 points
	it is interesting that the lands are less guessed than the stans

	DRB:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 09:52 GMT	26 points
	I think croissantfever makes a good point (as well has having a great name!) in that "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" does indeed end in -land so should be included.

	davidr:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 09:54 GMT	12 points
	Including the Solomon IsLANDS while omitting the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IreLAND seems extremely dubious to me.

	delToro87:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 09:56 GMT	15 points
	@God - He didn't say they weren't different, he said they weren't independent. If you don't believe me, think about who the Prime Minister is and where his constituency is.

	davidr:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 09:58 GMT	12 points
	I can't believe we're having the argument about whether England and Scotland are countries again. Isn't there something more interesting we could talk about?

	davidr:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 10:01 GMT	16 points
	Possible bonuses: Germany (Deutschland in German), India (Hindustan in Hindi).

	davidr:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 10:03 GMT	23 points
	@jack: I suspect that the -stans do better because they're all adjacent to one another and, when doing the Countries of the World quiz, most people do them as a block. The -lands, on the other hand, are scattered around the globe.

	jackcos:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 10:04 GMT	7 points
	13/18 Forgot Switzerland, Solomon Islands (got Marshall Islands though), Tajikstan, Turkmenistan and Thailand :D

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	peanut4:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 10:45 GMT	2 points
	Aaaaagh. More time!!

	xander:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 11:04 GMT	10 points
	Fun little quiz. Really had to think hard since the "lands" are geographically spread out over the world, and the timer is so short. But I like that, I'd rather see how many I can get in X amount of time, rather than how long it takes to get them all. I think people tend to forget that. Thanks for another great quiz!

	Booger:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 11:17 GMT	37 points
	I considered including United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but didn't include it because this site always uses common names, not full official names. For example, I don't recall ever seeing "Swiss Confederation" or "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg" on this website. I was bound to be criticised either way.

	davidr:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 11:26 GMT	8 points
	Another possible bonus: Armenia (Hayastan in Armenian).

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	davidr:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 11:40 GMT	-3 points
	And there I go again, deleting comments to edit them, just as somebody's replying. Sorry for the confusion again.

	Booger:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 11:42 GMT	12 points
	Similarly with Solomons Islands and Marshall Islands, I was bound to be criticized either way. The directions note specifically that -land can be singular or plural. The etymoloy of island shows that the word means "sea land", which again, is good enough for me: 'I(s)land' is from the Anglo-Saxon 'ealand', i.e. sea-land or land girt round with the sea.(c.f.German 'eiland').’