Country Names with Map Features in their name Quiz by rbradatl

Can you name the Country Names with Map Features in their name?

created by rbradatl

Enter a Country Name in the box below
Correctly named Country Names will show up below
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Example "Finland" - Land is a feature on a map. Directions are also considered map features for the purposes of this game. Feature name may not be in English.
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'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature
'South' is a compass direction and is a Map Feature

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Country Names with Map Features Quiz

by rbradatl

Created Feb 13, 2011 in Geography
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	sfcbarca21:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 03:13 GMT		0 points
	make it more colorful

	dancastro:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 03:18 GMT		10 points
	Sierra Leone is missing: "sierra" is a chain of hills or mountains (the word exists in English as a borrowing from Spanish). And to be nitpicky, it's Timor Leste; many people spell it as Timor L'Este thinking that it has an article (like in French l'amour) but "leste" is simply the Portuguese word for "east" ("the east" would be "o leste").

	BombaySapphire:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 03:19 GMT		3 points
	Quite challenging and stimulating. Can you tell me why sierra (Spanish for serrated or jagged mountain range) doesn't qualify as a map feature? (Sierra Leone)

	balatjr:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 03:58 GMT		6 points
	Besides Sierra Leone, how about Montenegro? Which is Black Mountain. Why not Australia? It means south land. Bahrain? It means Two Seas Kingdom. Paraguay means "this side of the river." And can you explain why your example: United States, "state is a feature on a map," suddenly is "not a map feature?" That's kind of stupid. By the same token, a city is no more "real" than a state. I like the idea, a lot, but do it right.

	CoolBeans:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 04:42 GMT		4 points
	The United Kingdom of Great Britain and NORTHERN Ireland

	megarockman:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 05:00 GMT		4 points
	I would also submit Vietnam - the "nam" means "south".

	smarty:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 05:04 GMT		9 points
	how can you have the USA as an example and say state is a map feature but not accept it?

	jpii:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 05:28 GMT		6 points
	The various countries with "stan" in their name need to be submitted because the word means "land." For example, Kyrgyzstan is the "land of the Kyrgyzy."

	bumfish:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 08:55 GMT		4 points
	Chad means "Lake". Nice idea for a quiz, needs work to make it better.

	thebronze:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 11:23 GMT		-1 points
	The EASTERN Republic of Uruguay

	DJ_Donkeypunch:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 12:59 GMT		1 point
	Montenegro translates to "Black Mountain"

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 13:19 GMT		6 points
	There are many, many more (including the ones people have already mentioned: Afghanistan (land of the Afghans), Albania (mountains), Algeria (islands), Andorra (forest), Australia (southern land), Austria (eastern borderlands), Bahamas (Baja Mar - shallow sea), Bahrain (two seas), Bangladesh (land of the Bengali), Bhutan (highlands), Brunei (seafarers), Canada (village), Central African Republic (central), Chad (lake), China (central nation), Comorros (islands of the moon), Croatia (rich in waters/lakes), Cuba (center place), Denmark (borderland of the Danes), Estonia (eastern way), Guatemala (place of many trees, forest), Haiti (mountainous land), Indonesia (Indian islands), Jamaica (land of wood and water), Maldives (garland of islands), Montenegro (black mountain), New Zealand (new sea land), Norway (northern way), Portugal (port of Cale), Sierra Leone (lion mountains), Singapore (lion city), Sri Lanka (resplendent island), Taiwan (terraced bay), Togo (water shore), Tonga (south or southern), Tuvalu (eight islands), Ukraine (borderland), Vietnam (south Viet), Yemen (right-hand-side and by extension south). -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_name_etymologies

	naali:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 13:53 GMT		2 points
	Good idea, good quiz. Found a small typo: "'City' is a designation IS a map's legend and is a Map Feature"...

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 14:46 GMT		1 point
	Thought of another: Federated States of Micronesia (small islands). If you accept -land (as in Ireland, Finland, etc.) and -stan (as in Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.) then not sure what you do with the suffix -ia which as applied to the name of a country has the meaning of state, or place, or land, if you will. So, Croatia - the land of Croats, India - the land of Indians, etc.

	sportsrefuge:	Feb 15th, 2011 at 03:16 GMT		3 points
	"Example- STATE is a feature on a map...'State' is a political designation- not a feature on a map". oic.