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Can you name the countries whose names are much longer or much shorter than their respective demonyms?
created by
lukebradford
Enter a country or demonym in the box below
Correctly named countries will show up below
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For countries with multiple possible demonyms, I used the one closer in length to the country's name. If this had less than four letters' difference, I left it off the quiz (i.e. Uzbekistani/Uzbek.)
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Difference
Country
Demonym
-20
Congolese
-13
St. Vincentian
-11
Emirati
-10
Congolese
-9
São Toméan
-9
Kittitian
-8
Central African
-8
Czech
-8
Dominican
-7
Herzegovinian
-6
Dutch
-6
Swiss
Difference
Country
Demonym
-6
Trinidadian
-6
British
-5
Afghan
-5
Turkmen
-4
Ivorian
-4
Marshallese
-4
Swazi
-4
Thai
-4
American
+4
Panamanian
+4
Peruvian
+4
Togolese
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Countries with Long/Short Demonyms Quiz
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Created Apr 19, 2011 in
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bothg
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 16:42 GMT
5 points
You should add Dominican Republic: Dominican
gstntb26
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 16:54 GMT
2 points
A few others: Sao Tome and Principe = Santomean; St Vincent and the Grenadines = Vincentian; St Kitts and Nevis = Kittitian or Nevisian; UAE = Emirati
RealityChuck
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 17:24 GMT
-1 points
Ireland --> Irish
myb555
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 18:39 GMT
1 point
Shouldn't United States really be United States of America? It just seems we should use the full name for it considering it is used so commonly as the name. You don't have to, but i just thought it was a good idea.
carbon_rod
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Apr 19th, 2011 at 19:07 GMT
3 points
Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz for their respective stans; Trinidadian for Trinidad and Tobago, Azeri for Azerbaijan, Saudi for Saudi Arabia, Papuan for Papua New Guinea, Bosnian for Bosnia-Herzegovina, and I'm sure there's lots more.
demonstah
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 19:18 GMT
1 point
You've got a blank space for -13 (and there are a bunch that you could add, as noted above).
lukebradford
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 19:19 GMT
2 points
Thanks for the suggestions. Many of these have been added. @carbon_rod - I've left off the -stans and some of your others because there are multiple possible demonyms, and I've added a note about that.
lukebradford
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 19:20 GMT
2 points
@myb555 - I just used the standard Sporcle names to keep things simple.
lukebradford
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 19:21 GMT
4 points
@demonstah - I think you caught me while I was editing, sorry about that.
cantthinkofaname
:
Apr 19th, 2011 at 20:51 GMT
1 point
UAE
cnwillia
:
Apr 20th, 2011 at 03:18 GMT
1 point
The demonym for St Vincent and the Grenadines is just Vincentian (no St)
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