Can you name the one-syllable countries?

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One-Syllable Countries Quiz

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Created by: thedpr -
Contributed: March 6th, 2010
Category: Geography
Plays: 454

Tags: Country Quizzes, One Syllable

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	mathteacher:	Mar 6th, 2010 at 12:29 GMT	0 points
	France is one syllable. It was the first thing I tried. Also, even though I got Laos, I think it is two syllables. (At least the way I pronounce it.)

	thedpr:	Mar 6th, 2010 at 13:11 GMT	0 points
	Laos is debatable, I agree. France was me being forgetful...

	HiddenPalace:	Mar 6th, 2010 at 13:28 GMT	4 points
	Hasn't this quiz been done before? Weird that 3 are in Mediterranean Europe.

	bsd987:	Mar 6th, 2010 at 20:15 GMT	-1 points
	Laos should be a bonus. There are multiple ways to pronounce it, many of which are two or one and a half syllables.

	Amelia4242:	May 21st, 2010 at 13:16 GMT	-4 points
	I pronounce Laos as 'lay-os'. definitely not one syllable, how else can it be pronouced? If Laos is one syllable, then so is Peru...

	Riko:	Jun 5th, 2010 at 08:02 GMT	2 points
	I've always heard it pronounced ['laʊs] or ['laʊ] with the 'ao' pronounced as an 'au' diphthong like the first part of the word 'ouch'. the only time i've heard 'lao' pronounced as two syllables is in the word 'laotian': ['leɪ øʃɛn]/lay-ocean or ['laʊ øʃɛn]/lau-ocean.

	Riko:	Jun 5th, 2010 at 08:26 GMT	2 points
	@Amelia4242: Peru has two separate and distinct vowel sounds and therefore two syllables. The 'oa' in Laos can be pronounced as one diphthong and one syllable or as a separate 'a' and 'o' sound. In the native Lao language and in French, from where English got the name, the vowels are one diphthong and the 's' is not pronounced but different English accents have changed the pronunciation. If these variations are acceptable pronunciations is up to debate...