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"Land" Countries

Can you name the 7 countries whose common English name ends in the letters "land"?
Doesn't include countries that end in "lands"
Sovereign nations only, so Scotland and Greenland don't count
As of February 2019, we now use the name "Eswatini" instead of "Swaziland"
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102 Recent Comments
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Level 48
Feb 18, 2020
You should probably lower the time to 2 or 3 minutes
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Level 52
Mar 20, 2026
Why? What would that achieve?
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Level 30
Mar 22, 2026
you replied 6 years later bro😂
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Level 61
Jun 13, 2020
Would be interesting to do a quiz of countries which used to end in -land but don't any longer. Errm Lesotho, Botswana, Malawi, ummmm now I'm stuck.
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Level 47
Mar 18, 2026
eswatini!
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Level 86
Jul 1, 2020
Is Cyprusland in Asia or Europe, I can never remember...
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Level 41
Jul 31, 2021
no
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Level 46
Jul 15, 2020
Took me a while to get Finland... and I am Finnish!
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Level 32
Aug 10, 2020
I forgot Switzerland😭😭😭
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Level 28
Mar 18, 2026
Same!
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Level 44
Nov 6, 2020
I forgot Ireland and I am like 30% Irish
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Level 23
Dec 7, 2020
ez
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Level 72
Jan 19, 2021
Federated States of Micronesialand
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Level 71
Feb 3, 2021
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Level 52
Mar 20, 2026
There had to be one.
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Level 72
Mar 9, 2021
Unitedland statesland ofland Americaland
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Level 34
Mar 15, 2021
0:52
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Level 34
Mar 15, 2021
Add Northern Ireland, it's not part of Great Britain
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Level 41
Jul 31, 2021
it's part of the UK though
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Level 52
Mar 20, 2026
Mfundo: truly, I despair.
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Level 26
Jun 27, 2021
i almost forgot Marshall Islands :o
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Level 50
Apr 18, 2024
islandS
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Level 29
Jul 22, 2021
Nice, got all of them
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Level 69
Aug 23, 2021
Kept thinking about Griechenland all the time, the German name for Greece
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Level 34
Sep 4, 2021
marshall islands is sovereign?
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Level 51
Apr 20, 2022
Why did you not add the United Kingdom? It’s full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and northern ireLAND, so you should include it.
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Level 50
Apr 18, 2024
common names only
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Level 52
Mar 20, 2026
SiloTheatrix: level 51, and you still don't get how it works?
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Level 34
May 6, 2022
Remove Solomon islands & Marshall islands,they end with "Iands" not "land"
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Level 95
May 6, 2022
I got 5 points on this quiz but only 4 points added to my total point score. Second time this has happened today. What's going on with this website?
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Level 80
May 10, 2022
Could it be a quiz you've previously taken and gotten 1 point on before?
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Level 26
Oct 1, 2022
True
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Level 54
Aug 30, 2023
you got 1 point on this quiz before
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Level 75
May 6, 2022
That took me waaaaay too long.
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Level 79
May 6, 2022
Too much time for only seven answers.
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Level 53
May 9, 2022
Netherlands?
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Level 80
May 10, 2022
directions state: doesn't include countries that end in "lands"
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Level 59
Mar 18, 2026
Holland?
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Level 39
Mar 23, 2026
thats a hatecrime. its the netherlands, holland is the name of two provinces :)
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Level 38
Jun 12, 2022
my brain : test Solomon Islands

me : " realizes it end with -lands"

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Level 15
Jun 12, 2022
I'm from Poland and the only country I forgot is Poland XD
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Level 44
Jun 13, 2022
what about the netherlands
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Level 50
Apr 18, 2024
landS
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Level 49
Jun 13, 2022
I almost forgot Switzerland lol
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Level 27
Jun 15, 2022
Doesn't Solomon Islands, Marshal Islands, etc all count

is"land"

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Level 80
Jun 22, 2025
is"landS"
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Level 25
Jun 17, 2022
Netherlands?
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Level 50
Apr 18, 2024
landS
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Level 42
Jul 16, 2022
What about Swaziland?
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Level 26
Oct 1, 2022
It is now called etswani
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Level 54
Aug 30, 2023
eswatini*
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Level 24
Jul 18, 2022
Finland, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Thailand, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Somaliland, and Puntland. these are all 'land' countries you missed
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Level 26
Oct 1, 2022
They did some and some don't count
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Level 50
Mar 1, 2025
England, Scotland, Somaliland, and Puntland are not official countries. NetherlandS, has a s at the end.
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Level 52
Mar 20, 2026
Sainis2012: a lot of people like to rant on here about their pet peeves. Your comment goes beyond that by being a load of nonsense. Have you felt better for it?
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Level 22
Jul 23, 2022
i dont know what "land countries" is
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Level 50
Mar 1, 2025
countries that end in "land"
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Level 61
Jul 28, 2022
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
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Level 26
Oct 1, 2022
Great Britain and northern Ireland don't count because UK is its real name and it doesn't end with land
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Level 35
Sep 30, 2022
You missed "Holland, Marshall islands and Solomon islands"
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Level 26
Oct 1, 2022
Holland is Netherlands, I suppose Netherlands should be here but it has "lands" instead of "land", same with the Marshall Islands and the Solomon Islands but they also have "lands" instead of "land". Holland is also the informal name for Netherlands anyway.
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Level 26
Oct 1, 2022
I only got 3/7 but kept trying untili got 7/7 now I have it
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Level 48
Oct 17, 2022
netherLANDs?? I think it would be a good implementation for the quiz since it is also incorrectly called "holLAND" sometimes.
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Level 37
Feb 24, 2025
Ye at least make a caveat or smth

like a gray box with netherlands/holland

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Level 52
Mar 20, 2026
Just read the freakin' instructions. They're rather explicit.
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Level 58
Oct 31, 2022
I was suprised that there were so few. In Swedish we have many more: Lettland=Latvia, Ryssland=Russia, Vitryssland=Belarus, Estland=Estonia
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Level 24
Nov 18, 2022
What about, England and Scotland?
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Level 50
Apr 18, 2024
ask QM
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Level 38
Dec 2, 2022
You forgot Netherlands
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Level 72
Dec 15, 2022
Netherlands ends with land's', so it doesn't count.
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Level 72
Dec 15, 2022
Nicely made Quiz. Well done! It's a great idea for sure, and I didn't know that this many countries' names ended with "land".
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Level 66
Dec 29, 2022
Feels weird that Netherlands doesn't count
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Level 54
Aug 30, 2023
countries end at lands not included
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Level 34
Feb 27, 2023
I think that instead of Netherlands, Holland should count.
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Level 50
Apr 18, 2024
netherlandS
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Level 50
Apr 18, 2024
only countries that end in land, not lands
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Level 76
Apr 20, 2024
No
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Level 88
Aug 9, 2023
Thank you for not making us type "land" every time.
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Level 52
Mar 20, 2026
Yeah, your fingers must be really grateful for not having to make such a Herculean effort.
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Level 46
Dec 8, 2023
I tried pakistan, then uk
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Level 20
Dec 8, 2023
*England has left the chat*

*Scotland has left the chat*

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Level 64
Feb 24, 2025
SOVEREIGN countries

England and Scotland are United to make the UK (as well as wales and Northern Ireland)

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Level 41
Jan 3, 2024
Shouldnt the UK be on here because it's official name is united kingdom of gret britain and northern ire(land)?
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Level 50
Apr 18, 2024
common names only
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Level 70
Apr 17, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
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Level 39
Apr 17, 2024
Why is Netherland missing ?
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Level 70
Apr 17, 2024
it ends in landS
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Level 73
Apr 17, 2024
A shout out to Bechuanaland and Basutoland!
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Level 56
Apr 17, 2024
Great Quiz! I read the test rule about the "lands", but my mind still got stuck on Netherlands and I missed half the countries, because I was just thinking why can't I put it Netherlands.
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Level 59
Apr 17, 2024
Eswatini will always be Swaziland to me! Just like Myanmar will always be Burma!
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Level 47
Apr 21, 2024
I tried Holland, but I guess that's not the official name.
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Level 53
May 9, 2024
Does netherlands not count?
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Level 49
Aug 7, 2024
look at top
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Level 15
Oct 20, 2024
omgi4ghvxdr

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Level 56
Jun 2, 2025
Netherlands?
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Level 80
Jun 22, 2025
Check the instructions, or about half of the comments before yours.
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Level 42
Oct 4, 2025
HOW ABOUT NETHERLANDs
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Level 10
Mar 18, 2026
I forgot about Poland. I'm from Poland...
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Level 52
Mar 20, 2026
Every time I read "What about Netherlands?", it hammered another nail into my belief in humanity.

I presume people come onto this site to demonstrate their wisdom; why then demonstrate their foolishness, and always with such gusto?

Sad. Very, very sad.

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Level 23
Mar 24, 2026
Maybe Netherlands should be added because it still includes land even though it is plural?
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Level 44
Apr 8, 2026
What about the Netherlands ?
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Level 15
Apr 8, 2026
I forgot my own country Poland