Can you name the three countries whose names contain each three-letter pattern?

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Each set of three letters appears, in order, in the names of exactly three countries, and does not span spaces. E.g., NIS can legally be found in TuNISia and TurkmeNIStan but not SolomoN ISlands.
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ADO

AMA

BAN

ENE

ENT

IRA

LES

MEN

OMA

ORE

RUS

UAT

URI

URU

WAN

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Countries: Three by Three Quiz

by gnatural

Created Dec 6, 2010 in Geography
Featured Dec 17, 2010
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	MrCaliChicago:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 04:20 GMT	1 point
	Extremely disappointed that "Niciragua" isn't a real country.

	Shwoo:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 05:22 GMT	15 points
	Great! I think it needs a bit less time though; it's possible to complete the quiz by naming every country in the world

	Pogues:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 05:47 GMT	13 points
	Keep in mind I'm under the 80th percentile....all I did was name as many countries as I could...and I went through a bunch in the time allotted. The quiz is cool looking, but just another "name as many countries as you can" quiz.

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	RJMurphy:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 09:52 GMT	38 points
	@furrypolka I am from the UK and England, Scotland Wales and NI are not officially their own countries. On Sporcle, just like the rest of the world, they are not considered to be their own countries. It is similar to say that New England is its own country or the Northern Territories of Canada as its own country They're not. And the fact that you are arguing with the rest of society is wrong. Nobody on Sporcle would suggest they were individual countries, in fact you would be either laughed at or insulted if you tried. By that token, Wales shouldn't be accepted.

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	quamalamalam:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 11:35 GMT	4 points
	it's a city, wagner28

	grover173:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 12:28 GMT	11 points
	This quiz is hard as hell. I like it. @furrypolka: "countries" that are governed under one kingdom, i.e. not politically independent, are not considered sovereign nations, sorry. See also: Faroe Islands, Greenland, Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, the Cook Islands, Niue, Navajo Nation, Cherokee Nation, and in total 562 federally-recognized tribes in the United States alone.

	alice1810:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 13:01 GMT	7 points
	A surprisingly difficult, but great quiz! It's times like this I wish Prussia was still a country...

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	iamausername:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 13:13 GMT	20 points
	Except it's spelled Solomon Islands, juggler.

	omnipotent1:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 14:50 GMT	28 points
	Surprising how many people try to point out an error in the quiz but it was them who was making the error. You'd think people would double check before posting it.

	CanadianBacon:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 15:19 GMT	-1 points
	My god those color choices are hard on the eyes.

	juggler133:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 15:27 GMT	15 points
	Snap I got owned on my very first post on something I would grill others for. My apologies for not confirming what I thought was a mistake before opening my mouth. That was obnoxious on my part.

	tim0786:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 15:37 GMT	3 points
	...kicking myself for looking at "IRA" and thinking "IRA... hmm I know some country starts with that... OH Ireland.. no, never mind" and then not getting any in that category. Iraq and Iran, you have snuck by me again. Also, my computer is underlining snuck? Isn't that what they teach us in elementary school is the past tense of sneak? What is it then, sneaked?

	kim26ep:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 15:38 GMT	4 points
	Very nice quiz--really makes you think.

	Dudeman612:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 16:02 GMT	13 points
	@Furrypolka: All those "countries" are governed by the Unitary government seated in London. Since they are not autonomous political entities, they are therefore part of the greater UK. Think of Wales, Scotland, England, and NI as "states" similar to that of the US. Each state in the US has its own capital and, in some regions, distinct languages. Yet, we do not consider the various states in the US to be individual nations, but rather part of the greater US.

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	djphob:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 16:26 GMT	6 points
	Could not get OREgon and ColorADO out of my head the whole time. I wonder if you could do one of these for states? Also, yes you CAN just sit there and type in every country, but it's a lot more fun if you try and think of them instead. A lot of ones popped into my head but I still missed them because I didn't notice the letter combo in there.

	lukemac:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 16:32 GMT	-2 points
	@RJMurphy: "And the fact that you are arguing with the rest of society is wrong." What the ****! Since when has it been wrong to voice a legitimate opinion!! I accept that the UK is the correct way to refer to it on Sporcle and in many other places and I don't have a problem with it. I do have a problem with your jaded ideas of "right" and "wrong"!

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	NY_MOB:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 17:16 GMT	13 points
	Well I was certainly no Poli-Sci major in college. In fact my knowledge of how the world works is pretty sad. So I have a few sincerely dumb questions to ask. If the 50 United States each have their own local government but yield to the Federal US government when it comes to certain matters, and England et al are similar in that respect to the UK government, what is at the heart of the difference? Why do New Yorkers live in a state that is part of a country, whereas Englishmen live in a country that is part of a Kingdom? Also, at what point do certain European countries give up the right to consider themselves countries if they yield enough decision making power to an umbrella organization like the European Union? Can someone enlighten a math/science guy with a little info about how the world is organized? Thanx-a-bunch.

	Pit_trout:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 17:17 GMT	15 points
	@everyone arguing about England, Wales, etc.: It’s not a question of “are they countries or not”. “Country” has different meanings in different contexts. In the historical, cultural, ceremonial sense, they’re individual countries. In the sense of “sovereign nation”, which is what this quiz uses (and what’s meant in most international contexts), they’re not. There’s no contradiction: they’re countries in some senses, yup, but not the sense that’s appropriate here.

	Tommy_C:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 18:04 GMT	7 points
	mike0924, I think you'll find that the names are now The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and The Republic of the Congo

	Patteroast:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 19:25 GMT	2 points
	@mikeo924: No longer the name, but that does bring to attention the PeopLE'S Republic of China, which is often referred to by its full name to disambiguate it from the Republic of China (Taiwan).

	TubeChat:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 21:35 GMT	-3 points
	LES should be removed. Timor Leste is known as East Timor. If you are going to to go by official names, then you would also need to inclued Peoples Republic of China. That would than make it more than three answers.

	TJL:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 22:01 GMT	-4 points
	Also DPRK, Democratic PeopLE'S Republic of Korea

	snoopy29:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 22:37 GMT	2 points
	Interesting to take right after the Country Hybrids quiz. I recognized the three letters but forgot some of the countries I had see in the Country Hybrids quiz!

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	jefe_:	Dec 18th, 2010 at 04:27 GMT	0 points
	I'd like to see the clues in a column on the left, and have the answers appear to their right, so all the clues can be seen at once and my eyes don't have to jump all over the page.

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	FroznMbryo:	Dec 18th, 2010 at 13:39 GMT	3 points
	@NY_MOB: That's a great question. The easiest rule of thumb is whether or not the entity in question is among the 192 countries recognized by the UN. It would include Vatican City but exclude the Navajo nation, Wales or Massachusetts. There are always problems (best example is Taiwan), but that is a disputed country, which is a different issue, slightly. Hope that helps.