Can you name the countries whose names are or contain a plural word? by jskatz

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Plural Countries Quiz

by jskatz

Created Apr 4, 2010 in Geography
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	Nobbe:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 09:52 GMT	0 points
	What about the Comoros?

	sam188:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 10:13 GMT	6 points
	Federated States of Micronesia - maybe only as a bonus since it is not the commonly used Sporcle name.

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	crover:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 15:28 GMT	1 point
	Can't believe I missed Netherlands arrrgh. Agree that Comoros needs to be on here. Barbados is one island and therefore not plural.

	Pepikx:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 15:43 GMT	-2 points
	Comoros.

	bobmarleydied:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 18:56 GMT	1 point
	Actually, the official name for Comoros is the Union of the Comoros. So, not plural. The Federated States of Micronesia should be on here, though.

	rcbl:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 20:05 GMT	6 points
	Actually, "Union of the Comoros" implies that "Comoros" is a pluralized word. You can't really create a union out of a single entity. Since the quiz is for country names that "contain" a plural word (not just that the entire name is plural) it should probably be included.

	budleno:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 20:42 GMT	-1 points
	For those in the comments, if you're looking at full country names you'd have to include "United Mexican States" as well.

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	sunnyskates8:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 00:27 GMT	-1 points
	what about st kitts and the nevis?

	JayZed:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 09:59 GMT	4 points
	What about country names that are plurals in other languages? E.g. Burkina Faso - "Burkina" is a plural in the More language.

	Margaret8912:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 15:05 GMT	2 points
	What is plural about People's Republic of China? It's never plural with an apostrophe And by nature of the word "and," Bosnia and Herzegovina and St Kitts and Nevis should be included

	gowhere:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 15:31 GMT	2 points
	If we are including countries with 'and' then the United Kingdom should be included. Comoros should be included not because the word Union implies plural but because the word Comoros is plural. I think the problem becomes whether you use the formal or informal (sporcle) name for a country, recognize the fact that some words may be plural in their source lnaguage, like Burkina, and whether you include 'and' countries. If you define those issues at the outset, you have a good quiz.

	demonstah:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 16:43 GMT	1 point
	Barbados is a pluralized adjective. Comoros is definitely plural. "People's" is a possessive, not a plural. St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Bosnia and Herzegovina would qualify as bonus answers - multiple included entities, but not strictly plurals.

	Julie:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 20:57 GMT	2 points
	@tiger: people's is possessive, not plural... also, china is the commonly accepted sporcle name.

	Rigga:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 21:06 GMT	3 points
	What about GerMANY? Many is definitely plural :P

	DerrickJ79:	Oct 12th, 2011 at 19:12 GMT	1 point
	Come on people... people IS plural!