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Two-Syllable Countries - Sudden Death

Click on the countries whose English names have exactly 2 syllables. E.g. Su|dan /suː|ˈdɑːn/
In standard British / American English when spoken normally with no reductions / unusual emphases...
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Egypt
Laos
Uruguay
Guinea
Palau
Cyprus
Taiwan
Brunei
Djibouti
Senegal
France
Iraq
Greece
Hungary
Belarus
Bahamas
Belize
Peru
Cape Verde
Maldives
Nepal
Kuwait
Finland
Chile
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9 Comments
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Level 88
May 29, 2025
TIL how to pronounce Cape Verde. Thanks!
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Level 66
Jun 5, 2025
Israel is three syllables
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Level 73
Jun 5, 2025
Oops, I didn't notice that the American pronunciation differs. I swapped Israel for something else.
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Level 68
Dec 12, 2025
It's not the American pronounciation. It is the Arabic/Hebrew pronounciation -- "Yis-Ra-El" and also what you hear in American synagogues when saying the Hebrew prayers. But since this test is using the English pronounciation, we only need two syllables to say "Iz-Real".
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Level 55
Jun 5, 2025
Is it weird that I say La-os?
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Level 67
Jun 5, 2025
no
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Level 57
Jun 5, 2025
Cape Verde is 3 syllables.
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Level 73
Jun 5, 2025
It is 2, each word has 1 syllable: cape /keɪp/ and verde /vɜːd/. See e.g. Cambridge Dictionary. But maybe you're thinking of the pronunciation of "Cabo Verde" which has 4 syllables [ˌkɑːbəʊ ˈvɜːdeɪ]?
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Level 78
Jun 5, 2025
I always thought it was “Ver-de” like how you would say it in Spanish.

Edit: yeah I looked it up and it is two syllables just “verd”. My guess is Lady assumed the same thing. You learn something new every day.