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Single Vowel Capitals

Try to name all the national capitals whose names only have one unique vowel.
The vowel can be REPEATED multiple times
For example, "Babar" would count if it was a capital instead of an elephant
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First submittedMay 30, 2017
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Africa
A
Accra
A
Asmara
A
Dakar
A
Kampala
A
Rabat
O
Porto-Novo
Asia
A
Amman
A
Ankara
A
Ashgabat
A
Astana
A
Baghdad
A
Dhaka
A
Jakarta
A
Manama
A
Sana'a
I
Dili
I
Tbilisi
Europe
A
Warsaw
E
Bern
I
Minsk
O
London
O
Moscow
O
Oslo
O
Stockholm
North America
A
Havana
South America
A
Caracas
A
La Paz
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50 Comments
Dimby
+3
Level 79
Jun 16, 2023
Fun fact: If we get overly technical to the point of tedium, then the “W” in Moscow acts as a vowel. Of course no one other than linguistics students consider the W a vowel when it’s in a diphthong.
james09
+20
Level 41
Jun 16, 2023
Last time I checked, y isn’t a vowel. Where is Tokyo! Huh? Tell me!!
ooftownroad
+3
Level 63
Jun 16, 2023
chill it aint that deep
Dimby
+6
Level 79
Jun 16, 2023
AEIOU and sometimes Y. This is a sometimes situation.
cpgatbyu
+6
Level 86
Nov 19, 2024
Google AI Overview is telling me: 'In the word "Tokyo", the "y" is considered a consonant. Explanation: While "y" can sometimes act as a vowel in English, in Japanese, it is always considered a consonant and is often used in combination with other consonants to create a unique sound, like in "kyo".'

Not that I trust AI. Can someone cite a reliable source that says the Y is a vowel?

Dimby
+3
Level 79
Nov 21, 2024
Easy evidence: in English, it’s three syllables and pronounced the same as countries who spell it Tokio. Sometimes English just uses a Y when it probably should just use an I. Look it up on Merriam Webster and it lists it as tō-kē-ō. The y makes an ē sound, meaning it’s a vowel in this case.
InterAlia
+2
Level 77
Mar 13, 2025
Disagree. I think Merriam Webster is wrong on this one. Wikipedia agrees with me. It is two syllables and 'y' is a consonant in this case.

If you accept that there are correct and incorrect ways of pronouncing place names, and that the correct way is determined by the tradition of the people who live in that place, the case for three syllables in Tokyo is only supported by a mispronunciation. Listen to the audio clip on Wikipedia for the correct sound.

Algernon
+5
Level 73
Nov 19, 2024
Why is Tokyo not included QM?
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Nov 19, 2024
For the reason that Dimby said.
REC92
+4
Level 58
Nov 22, 2024
If it’s a consonant in English, and this quiz is in English, should it not be considered a consonant?
TheBigMonty
+3
Level 56
Mar 12, 2025
I disagree with both Quizmaster and Dimby. There may be a case for calling it 'two and a half syllables', but I don't hear it pronounced 'To-kee-o'. Do you say 'Pee-on-yang'?
Yanni47
+2
Level 78
Mar 13, 2025
Exactly. I pronounce Tokyo more like Tokjo, as I do in Reykjavik.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Mar 15, 2025
It's To-kyo not To-kee-oo
jdmercia
+8
Level 85
Nov 19, 2024
Could do with a bit more time
FlabberBapper
+2
Level 75
Nov 19, 2024
I agree. Like just 1 minute more
RiceHat
+6
Level 79
Nov 19, 2024
3 minutes is NOT enough
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 19, 2024
Increased time from 3 to 5 minutes.
fixypants
+13
Level 84
Nov 19, 2024
Tokyo? Or put a note about Y counting as a vowel.
dwo
+9
Level 94
Nov 19, 2024
Kyiv? Tokyo?
HB3450
+8
Level 84
Nov 19, 2024
Kyiv, Tokyo ? Y isn’t a vowel
AbiA
+2
Level 86
Nov 19, 2024
It is when it makes a separate syllable.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Mar 15, 2025
Neither of these are a separate syllable. "Keev" and "To-kyo".
Scoubidou
+2
Level 97
Nov 19, 2024
Panama is missing :)
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Nov 19, 2024
Known in English as "Panama City"
NEGeo
+2
Level 63
Nov 19, 2024
Ulaanbaatar?
DonTheLamplighter
+23
Level 85
Nov 19, 2024
You were doing great right up to that first letter.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 91
Nov 19, 2024
I’ll resist the temptation to say something funny about the previous comment, and stick to pointing out that Tarawa is missing
AbiA
+5
Level 86
Nov 19, 2024
I think it’s South Tarawa.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 91
Nov 20, 2024
Ah. I stand corrected
Hadi5160
+1
Level 55
Nov 19, 2024
Im confused. I thought Jakarta isn‘t a capital anymore?
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Nov 19, 2024
Currently a murky situation. Sort of is, and sort of isn't, right now.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Nov 24, 2024
They said they were going to move the capital to Nusantara in July, but then they didn't.
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Nov 26, 2024
Here's a fun fact...Alaskans voted in the 70s to move the capital from Juneau to Willow. Then 4 years later, the government of Alaska said they couldn't afford it and just told them tough...it stays Juneau. You never know...this may be a similar situation.
Bengus
+2
Level 60
Nov 20, 2024
Yes, y is not a vowel.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 24, 2024
A lot of people are posting this. I assume it's non-native English speakers.
Lithian5032
+3
Level 44
Mar 12, 2025
i'm a native english speaker and i agree, maybe put it in the caveat that y counts as a vowel
TheBigMonty
+2
Level 56
Mar 12, 2025
So it's a vowel in Yamoussoukro, Yaounde, Yaren, Yerevan... No, it isn't.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 91
Nov 22, 2024
Having apologised earlier, I now retract this, as I think I was right in my original post about Tarawa.

I don’t know how to post Wikipedia links here, but try typing in “Tarawa” to see what it says. Conversely, you can open the page for “Kiribati” and let me know what it says under “Capital”.

I know it’s not gospel, but I thought it served as a Jetpunk arbiter?

Ptcairn
+3
Level 59
Jan 17, 2025
JetPunk uses South Tarawa as the sole capital. Tarawa is just the Atoll.
MWS
+1
Level 81
Nov 24, 2024
Nur Sultan is the capital of Kazkhstan, not Astana
buck1017
+5
Level 78
Nov 26, 2024
Not since 2022. Though it does have the distinction of being the Guiness World Record holder for capital city with the most name changes.
jetspunkers
+1
Level 73
Nov 25, 2024
why is Bern in and Chad isn't?

Not sure if there's a rule I'm missing?

VanilleFramboise
+7
Level 76
Nov 25, 2024
Chad is a country, not a city.
Ptcairn
+1
Level 59
Jan 17, 2025
Where is Colombo in all of this? I know that this quiz's creator believes that Y is excluded as it could be a vowel so I won't say anything about Tokyo or Kyiv but where is Colombo?

Last time I checked, JetPunk has either one as the capital, unless SJK is more recognized here.

Lithian5032
+3
Level 44
Mar 12, 2025
SJK is more widely recognized here
zupermaus
+2
Level 36
Mar 12, 2025
TOKYO. The spelling is not Tokio, which is not the English spelling (nor even the Japanese one). Y is not a vowel in the English language.
tidge6
+1
Level 55
Mar 12, 2025
if it was a capital instead of an elephant
Mukhster
+1
Level 60
Mar 12, 2025
Isn't Sana'a supposed to be here, capital of Yemen?
Yanni47
+1
Level 78
Mar 13, 2025
It is there.
bunbud
+2
Level 46
Mar 12, 2025
I gotta stop taking only jetpunk quizzes or else I’ll start actually thinking y is a vowel
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