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Countries but all Vowels are Changed to O

In just two minutes, can you guess these countries where all the vowels have been changed to O? Onswors chongo ovoro tomo yoo ploo!
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Last updated: December 21, 2024
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First submittedJanuary 15, 2019
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Coontro
Country
Jordon
Jordan
Gobon
Gabon
Zomboo
Zambia
Ormonoo
Armenia
Rossoo
Russia
Myonmor
Myanmar
Gormono
Germany
Coontro
Country
Poloo
Palau
Jomooco
Jamaica
Botswono
Botswana
Okroono
Ukraine
Ozbokoston
Uzbekistan
Korgozston
Kyrgyzstan
Fronco
France
Coontro
Country
Gronodo
Grenada
Qotor
Qatar
Norwoo
Norway
Portogol
Portugal
Bolgoom
Belgium
Lothoonoo
Lithuania
104 Recent Comments
+4
Level 97
Mar 22, 2024
The quiz should be more coherent. In some countries like Italy, the "y" is identified as vowel (thus "o"), but in others it still appears as "y" (e.g. Kenya -> Konyo).

I think this should be corrected.

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Level ∞
Mar 22, 2024
Sometimes a Y is a vowel and sometimes it isn't.
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Level 79
Jul 15, 2024
To be more specific, y is a vowel when it makes the sound of an i (as in Cyprus and Egypt), the sound of an e (as in Italy), or is part of a diphthong with another vowel (as in Norway and Seychelles.) It's a consonant when it makes a "yuh" sound (as in Kenya, Yemen, or Guyana.)
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Level 46
Jul 18, 2024
What about Uruguay then? Is the Y part of the aye sound or is it a harsh yuh?
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Level 79
Aug 12, 2024
It's part of a diphthong formed with the "a" preceding it, so it's part of the aye sound and thus a vowel. It can't make the "yuh" sound when it's at the end of a word like that, only when it's followed by a vowel.
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Level 77
Mar 22, 2024
Good idea for a quiz. Pretty easy though. I would go 2 minutes max on the time. Fun!
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Level 65
Mar 22, 2024
hehe goonoo
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Level 67
Aug 16, 2024
hehe goonoo-bossoo
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Level 71
Mar 22, 2024
One of my answers was Orogooo, and I couldn’t get Oregon out of my mind for that one…

Also, Congrats on your first featured quiz! It’s fun, especially being randomized!

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Level 61
Mar 22, 2024
Thanks! I thought the randomization was quite fun, too.
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Level 83
Mar 22, 2024
"Onswors chongo ovory tome yoo ploy!"

So close.... (tomo)

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Level 61
Mar 22, 2024
Dang. Changes awaiting approval.
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Level 54
Jul 15, 2024
it should be OVORO instead of OVORY
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Level 88
Mar 22, 2024
Got both Monoco and Mongoloo. Kinda felt like cheating lol.
+3
Level 67
Mar 22, 2024
I got Kosovo and Comoros lol. 2 easy ones :)
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Level 78
Mar 22, 2024
So is Y a vowel in this quiz or no? You have Germany as Gormono but you have Paraguay as Porogooy.
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Level 61
Mar 22, 2024
Y is a vowel when it's not a consonant. So names like Yemen would be Yomon, but Germany would be Gormono and Paraguay should be Porogooo. I made this quiz a long time ago before I really started checking for errors, so there's probably more than a few inconsistencies.
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Level 90
Mar 22, 2024
Congrats on your first feature!
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Level 61
Mar 22, 2024
Thank you!
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Level 75
Mar 23, 2024
Not sure if this is Jetpunk jumping the shark or majestic high art in quiz form. It was definitely a lot of fun, so thanks!
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Level 61
Mar 23, 2024
Jumping the shark? I’ll have you know that there was an episode of Happy Days where they literally jumped a shark and it was the best one!
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Level 72
Mar 23, 2024
For me ondonosoo looked the most unrecognisable, not that it took me longer to get it, I always saw the next one even before I was done with the previous one, so it was more like how long does it take you to type all these countries, well had well over a minute to spare (1:18 I think?). But they looks the least like themselves so to speak. A lot of the orders hardly felt different than usal. Maybe my brain filters vowels as less usefull info, so recognisable without them. ondonosoo out of context does not immediately give me indonesia vibes however.

And yes I guess out of context okroono is not immediately distinguisable as being a country either. And I just looked at the result and these two are indeed the lowest

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Level 91
Mar 23, 2024
"Y" is considered a vowel while in the introduction test it is not. This threw me off.
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Level 61
Mar 23, 2024
This is now fixed.
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Level 80
Jul 15, 2024
The introduction example was useful to me to flag the definition of "vowel" being used - but it might be worth clarifying it explicitly. At school we were not taught this "sometimes y" version (just a, e, i, o, u), but I have learnt from comments on other quizzes that different definition(s) are standard elsewhere.
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Level 72
Mar 23, 2024
Voro fonno! O lokod ot!
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Level 61
Mar 23, 2024
Glod to hoor ot!
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Level 91
Mar 23, 2024
Haha...Togo and Morocco would be pretty easy. I didn't get either of those, but I did get Tonga and Moldova! ;)
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Level 71
Mar 28, 2024
Similarly, Moldovos (Maldives) had me really confused for a second. I was like, “the plural of Moldova?”
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Level 71
Mar 23, 2024
Congrotolotoons on tho footoro Onsonoot!
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Level 61
Mar 24, 2024
Thonks!
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Level 73
Mar 29, 2024
Wow this was a very interesting and different quiz
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Level 65
Apr 1, 2024
Definitely wouldn’t count the Y in uruguay as a vowel, ex. lyme is a y vowel while yellow isn’t
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Level 61
May 26, 2024
I feel like the Y in Uruguay is much more like lyme than yellow.
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Level 78
Jul 15, 2024
Your examples are accurate, but they bear no resemblance to the word you are questioning. In Uruguay, the y is definitely functioning as a vowel - it forms a vowel sound in combination with the a.
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Level 56
Apr 1, 2024
You should do the whole series

All vowels changed to 'a' 'e' 'I' and 'u'

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Level 75
May 8, 2024
Very fun. I love how some of these sound Greek when they only have o's.
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Level 61
May 26, 2024
I have no idea what Greek sounds like, but I'll take your word for it!
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Level 60
Jul 15, 2024
Or maybe japanese...
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Level 56
May 28, 2024
"Answer must correspond to highlighted box!" I think you meant

"Onswor most corrospond to hoghloghtod box!"

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Level 76
Jun 10, 2024
Some of these still sound like they could be fictional countries, I like Ocolond in particular.
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Level 61
Jun 12, 2024
If anyone ever uses one of these names in a novel then they owe me royalties.
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Level 61
Jul 11, 2024
Since when is y a vowel?
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Level 61
Jul 11, 2024
Y has been a vowel ever since people started using it like one.
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Level 65
Jul 15, 2024
Y is not a vowel
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Level 79
Jul 15, 2024
It is, sometimes. "Lime" and "Lyme" are both pronounced exactly the same, with y in the latter making exactly the same sound as the i in the former, so why wouldn't y be a vowel there when i would be?
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Level 70
Jul 15, 2024
Got Kosovo as one of my random countries... surprised it's not 100% LOL
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Level 67
Jul 15, 2024
loved this. very cute.

one note: if libya is loboo, kenya should be konoo

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Level 78
Jul 15, 2024
Finally, an actual comparison that makes sense and points out a legitimate potential inconsistency. I would argue that y is a consonant in both words, but I can see how a common pronunciation makes it sound like a vowel, particularly in Libya. It comes down to whether you think Libya has two syllables or three.
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Level 61
Jul 15, 2024
I personally pronounce Libya as lib-ee-uh and Kenya as ken-yuh which is why I wrote them the way I did. This seems to be the accepted pronunciation of both countries, so despite the similarities in how these two countries are written, the Y in Libya is a vowel and the Y in Kenya is a consonant.
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Level 78
Jul 16, 2024
As many people do. The reason the sound comes out that way is because the transition from 'b' to 'ya' is less smooth than from 'n' to 'ya'. It's a quirk of phonetics rather than a different function of the letter y.
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Level 49
Jul 15, 2024
"Y" ist not a vowel
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Level 63
Jul 15, 2024
May I suggest to write the last sentence :

"Onswors chongo ovorO tomo yoo ploo! "

Just for consistency with the rest of the quizz ;)

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Level 81
Jul 15, 2024
Got all but Kosovo!! (jk)
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Level 66
Jul 15, 2024
Groot Qooz
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Level 68
Jul 15, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster. I don't agree that y is a vowel.
+2
Level 61
Jul 15, 2024
Missed Comoros
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Level 56
Jul 15, 2024
The only one I didn't get is Lithuania. And I am Lithuanian! I hate myself for this one.😂
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Level 44
Jul 15, 2024
I like in the Onotod Stotos of Omoroco.
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Level 60
Jul 15, 2024
Funny quiz :D

My favorites are: Spoon, Popoo Now Goonoo and Molto

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Level 64
Jul 15, 2024
obsossod woth popoo now goonoo
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Level 60
Jul 15, 2024
Good quiz but y is a consonant, irrespective of what some may claim or how it behaves within a word. Cheers.
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Level 79
Jul 15, 2024
Why? What defines something a letter as a vowel, if not how it behaves within a word?
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Level 79
Jul 15, 2024
It’s mind blowing how many people don’t know that in English Y is sometimes a vowel. It’s also amazing how adamant people can be when they have no idea what they’re talking about.
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Level 67
Jan 26, 2025
'consonants' and 'vowels' and all this gibberish in step by step points.

Consonants and vowels are types of phones that we use in the English language

Letters may carry these phones in speech, for example X can make the sounds /z/, /ks/, or /gz/

Letters aren't consonants or vowels by themselves but they will frequently be classified as such

Now back to consonants. A consonant is linguistically defined as a phone where the vocal tract is partially or completely constricted, aside from the glottal /h/

Also normally included in consonants are the liquids/glides, including /j/ (palatal glide)

So, Y can take on different phonemes in English, such as yellow - /j/, sky - /aɪ/, happy - /i/, gym - /ɪ/

I know we definitely agree that the letter I isn't a consonant. So if I is a vowel, and Y makes these sounds which I makes, then why is Y a consonant??

Point is, English phonology/phonetics is not a black-and-white thing, most definitions are fuzzy

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Level 66
Jul 15, 2024
A few real chuckles! First, half of the clues look like stuff I’ve actually typed (not the best typist around). And Kosovo! And I don’t think I’ll be planning a trip to the great nation of Othoopoo anytime soon.
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Level 61
Dec 19, 2024
I’ve been to Othoopoo, everyone there said that they knew you!
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Level 27
Jul 15, 2024
Togo.
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Level 56
Jul 15, 2024
Should I got to Orogooo, Ostonoo, Oostroo, or Oostroloo?
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Level 72
Jul 15, 2024
Voro cool qooz !
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Level 70
Jul 15, 2024
Thos quoz dosorvos o ton oot of ton.
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Level 32
Jul 15, 2024
I got Morocco for Morocco
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Level 64
Jul 15, 2024
thos wos so moch fon
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Level 55
Jul 15, 2024
I tried so hard to find Morocco
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Level 65
Jul 15, 2024
Moldovos sounds like Moldova turned to a tropical island
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Level 91
Jul 15, 2024
Gotta love it whenever you get a country like Togo or Morocco where nothing changes lol. Not that I needed the help. But anyway, fun quiz! Congrats on the feature!
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Level 44
Jul 15, 2024
This remind me of the "FRONDS" and "WOLL SMOTH" memes
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Level 68
Jul 15, 2024
Due to the random nature of the quiz the first two countries I got were Togo and Kosovo, which made me think I had somehow misunderstood the quiz. Very enjoyable!
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Level 31
Jul 16, 2024
Paraguay has a mistake, there is one "o" to much.

Now it's Porogooo, but it should be Porogooy.

Very nice quiz!

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Level 55
Jul 28, 2024
Y is probably a vowel in this quiz, I got Copros for cYprus
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Level 67
Jan 26, 2025
what do you mean "is probably a vowel in this quiz"?? XD

there's not even really any feasible way to pronounce it /sʲpɹɪs/ so, Y is always making a vowel sound in this situation. you can definitely have a case in this quiz where the Y is acting as a consonant, just take «Yemen» for example, it would properly be rendered as «Yumun», because the Y is a palatal glide /j/, but here it's totally a vowel as a /saɪ/ (where I'm from, /sʌɪ/)

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Level 46
Jul 16, 2024
O thooght thos qooz wos vory clovor. Thonks for mokong ot!
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Level 55
Jul 28, 2024
Spoon was just too natural XD
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Level 55
Aug 19, 2024
Comoros was hilarious. Had to double take at first
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Level 61
Sep 26, 2024
Ah yes my favorite country. Loochtonstoon.
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Level 63
Nov 14, 2024
Soochollos sounds very chill.
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Level 74
Nov 18, 2024
How is Comoros 3rd least guessed?! :D
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Level 61
Nov 29, 2024
I think some people might have tripped themselves up when trying to come up with an answer for Comoros.

"Camaras? Camores? Cumoris?"

The quiz is also random, so it might've just been third least guessed out of your selection of 20.

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Level 25
Nov 29, 2024
Why is Germany Germono? I'd think Y is a consonant
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Level 61
Nov 29, 2024
Y is a vowel in "Germany"
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Level 67
Jan 26, 2025
technically, Y is a letter not a consonant because consonants are phones where the vocal tract is closed/restricted and letters are just meaningless symbols that I'm blabbering out in this comment.

also, maybe this is just a lack of linguistic education but you can easily tell if Y is functioning as a semivowel (glide) or a vowel if there's constriction in the vocal tract, in this case it makes the /i/ vowel (FLEECE), so unless you consider «fleece» to be vowel-less then maybe it's best not to think of letters as «consonants» or «vowels», and more of the sounds letters may carry as such :D

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Level 72
Dec 5, 2024
Maybe just... take out Morocco? Haha
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Level 61
Dec 5, 2024
Where would be the fun in that?
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Level 61
Jan 1, 2025
Togo was so hard, i was stuck on it for ages lol
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Level 61
Jan 1, 2025
Very few would have fared better in your position. You have done well.
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Level 63
Jan 21, 2025
Esperanto be like
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Level 57
Jan 28, 2025
I almost lost to Comoros!
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Level 32
Feb 2, 2025
y is not a vowel for paraguay
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Level 58
Mar 4, 2025
I know it's random, but you should add into the description that 'Y' is counted as a vowel. As in some countries we're not taught that it is a vowel.
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Level 58
Mar 22, 2025
Great quiz!

May I make a German translation?

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Level 61
Mar 23, 2025
Sure, just make sure to credit me. Or alternatively, we can post it on my account and I can credit you for the translation. Whichever you prefer.
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Level 58
Mar 25, 2025
I'll post it on my account, but I will credit you and give a link to the original quiz.
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Level 58
Mar 25, 2025
The quiz is finished. As far as I could figure it out, you excluded all the countries with more than one word. Some of them are only one word in German, so I added them.

Thanks for the permission to translate the quiz!

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Level 60
Apr 7, 2025
Goorgoo my motherland