Country names that contain other country names

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Last updated: June 7, 2013
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•All of the answers contain the names of other independent countries. No hidden abbreviations (e.g. UK not found in Ukraine, CAR not found in Madagascar). Letters must be consecutive.
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Answer
Guinea-Bissau
Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Sudan
Dominican Republic
Somalia
Romania
15 Comments
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Level 66
Jan 8, 2013
Officially UK is called United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, can't that go the same as Republic of Ireland?
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Level 43
Jun 6, 2013
I got Papua New Guinea wrong because i always type New Guinea. Can you allow that?
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Level 34
Jun 7, 2013
done
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Level 52
Dec 29, 2013
Great quiz. Can you accept DR Congo?
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Level 59
Mar 20, 2014
Great Quiz! Very Clever

Somalia & Romania got me, I even stared at them a bit afterwards!

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Level 69
Apr 10, 2014
Hats off to anyone who got Somalia and Romania, very clever.
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Level 44
Jun 25, 2015
Very creative quiz! It really got me thinking
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Level 47
Oct 9, 2015
I put "Democratic Republic of Congo" and it didn't accept it! :/
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Level 77
Jan 11, 2016
nice!
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Level 24
Apr 3, 2017
Can you allow DRC
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Level 65
May 18, 2021
can you accept congo for the democratic one please
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Level 61
Aug 10, 2021
Please turn on 'Auto', DR and DRC both didn't work.
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Level 42
Nov 24, 2021
I got everything but south Sudan! ;-;
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Level 89
Apr 18, 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo is sneaky. Everyone shorthands Congo to get both answers on a quiz, but the DRC actually contains all 4 words of the Republic of the Congo.
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Level 45
Aug 9, 2024
I think I was overthinking this one – only got Romania and Somalia :D