Country Rhymes

Each word below rhymes with the name of a country. Can you name the countries?

Some rhymes may vary in exactness, depending on slight pronunciation differences.

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First submitted	June 10, 2014
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Rhyme	Country
Tuba	Cuba
Chance	France
Dryland	Thailand
Appall	Nepal
Doorway	Norway
Bad	Chad
Perky	Turkey

Rhyme	Country
Eighty	Haiti
Niece	Greece
Trivia	Bolivia
Myna	China
Zucchini	Eswatini
Lemon	Yemen
Zambia	Gambia

Rhyme	Country
Squeegee	Fiji
Pogo	Togo
Skinny	Guinea
Gordon	Jordan
Dungaree	Hungary
Azalea	Australia
Acacia	Croatia

Level 75

Nov 9, 2014

Lots of fun. Hope to see another one, maybe with cities or US states.

Level 90

Nov 13, 2014

No love for Namibia?

Level 62

Nov 13, 2014

Thanks for spotting that - I've changed the clue!

Level 75

Nov 14, 2014

Iceland and Ireland? Especially if you have Acacia/Croatia which is also an equal-2nd-syllable deal. Nice quiz!

Level 82

Oct 6, 2016

I'm not a native speaker, but all others don't have -ailand ending. Two syllables should rhyme.

Dungaree is a bigger problem, it rhymes with Hungary only if you're in primary school and haven't learnt yet what rhyming actually is.

Level 58

Dec 18, 2016

Dungaree and Hungary works for me.

Level 82

Aug 11, 2017

you pronounce Dungaree with stress on first syllable?

Level 69

Oct 16, 2017

Yep, it's DUN-ga-ree.

Level 82

Apr 24, 2020

ok then, I didn't actually know the word, I just went by what Wiktionary said :)

Level 48

Sep 12, 2022

so then why were you so condescending and annoying about it

Level 77

Dec 17, 2022

So you yourself don't even have a basic grasp on English words and how they sound but you're coming on here with an attitude based on what you read on Wiktionary?? Weird. lol

Level 78

Nov 16, 2014

Acacia kept bugging me like I should've known it. It was sooooo familiar when I kept saying it. Glad I am home alone or people would've thought me nuts. "Acacia.. acacia... acacia.. acacia..."

Level 59

Jun 27, 2015

I wish we could like comments on here...

Level 71

Nov 14, 2016

I was doing the same thing until my partner yelled the answer at me.

Level 41

Jan 6, 2015

I won at the second time so close. ~.~

Level 87

Jan 11, 2015

hahaha....did anyone else chuckle when you got to "Bad Chad," and "Perky Turkey?"

Level 58

Sep 23, 2015

Level 65

May 23, 2019

I guessed chad right but figured it was pronounced like tsjaad not ched,now I know :)

Level 47

Jan 11, 2015

Only 56% for Lemon and Yemen! Great quiz

Level 78

Sep 22, 2016

I pronounce them as completely different words.

Level 62

Jan 11, 2015

I think you should accept Libya for Trivia

+13

Level 83

Jan 11, 2015

Doesn't Zambia rhyme with Zambia?

Level 42

Jan 11, 2015

Maybe

Level 44

Feb 8, 2016

Technically yes, but it's considered a slant rhyme, which is not a 'real' rhyme. English is weird.

Level 61

Oct 14, 2016

That's what I kept thinking

Level 42

Jan 11, 2015

I got skinny by guessing azalea, that's probably my bad pronunciation :)

Level 56

Jan 11, 2015

How about accepting Malaysia for Acacia?

Level 80

Jan 11, 2015

I tried malaysia too!

Level 44

Jan 11, 2015

I tried Malaysia too!!

Level 20

Jun 6, 2016

Malaysia has a z-like sound toward the end whereas acacia is a-ka-sha

Level 69

Jan 12, 2015

and me too! Also, Namibia and Libya should work for trivia

Level 62

Jan 13, 2015

Only in a Taylor Swift song could Libya and Namibia rhyme with trivia (though I doubt she'd ever use either of those words). Libya and Namibia both rhyme with tibia. Bolivia rhymes with trivia.

Level 58

Dec 18, 2016

It seems some languages can interchange v & b. But not in English.

Level 65

Nov 28, 2019

In a lot of languages they do rhyme (just info). The y in libya is pronounced (or even written as) an i. Whereas in english, in this case, the y is treated like a j.

Level 82

Apr 24, 2020

@Sifhraven

No, y is not the issue here. B and V are, they are two different sounds in English.

Level 68

Jan 11, 2015

Dungaree and Hungary don't have the same accented syllable.

Level 58

Dec 18, 2016

They do where I come from.

Level 58

Jan 11, 2015

I was typing 'Papua New GUINEA' the whole time for Skinny.. i'm so stupid..

Level 66

Dec 1, 2016

That is technically correct. You could also argue for Equatorial Guinea.

Level 65

Mar 19, 2017

Or guinea bissau

Level 65

May 23, 2019

bissau doesnt rhyme with skinny...

Level 51

Jan 11, 2015

Burma is no longer a country, They have since changed their name to Myanmar.

Level 72

Jan 12, 2015

Being from Croatia, it didn't even cross my mind...

Level 82

Apr 24, 2020

Acacia doesn't rhyme with Hrvatska? :)

Level 61

Jan 12, 2015

great, imaginative quiz, thanks

Level 52

Feb 7, 2015

maybe somalia for azalea ?

Level 65

May 23, 2019

I would agree, but apparently in english they officially say ahsaylia, not ahzahlia. Sounds kind of redneck/rural to me and not official proper at all. But well... looked it up, so it is what it is :) (you dont say day-lia for dahlia do you?)

Level 76

Apr 20, 2015

I don't really see how Azalea and Australia rhyme... It's probably just my accent but they sound similar but I wouldn't say that they rhyme at all.

Level 71

Jan 20, 2017

I agree...Azalea & Australia do not rhyme. They both end in an -alia sound, but the beginnings of each don't sound like each other.

Level 93

Aug 17, 2019

that's how rhyme works

Level 82

Apr 24, 2020

From the last stressed syllable, before it doesn't matter.

Level 66

Mar 10, 2021

Azalea and Australia may not perfectly rhyme.

Azalea: əˈzeɪ.li.ə (a-ZAY-lee-a)

Australia: ɔˈstɹeɪ.ljə (aw-STRAY-lya)

But this might vary on regional accents.

Level 64

Jul 3, 2015

I think you should accept 'Equatorial Guinea' and 'Papua New Guinea' for 'Guinea', because they all rhyme with skinny.

Level 65

May 23, 2019

plus one

Level 35

Jul 16, 2015

Skinny Guinea...

hey whatsa you got againsta di Italians huh?!

Level 22

Apr 8, 2016

Dryland almost got me!

Level 68

May 30, 2016

Papua New Guinea also rhymes with skinny

Level 58

Jun 5, 2016

In my small mind 'Acacia' is pronounced "Ack- A - Kay - A"...

Level 68

Jun 7, 2016

Guinea, does not rhyme with Skinny!

Level 68

May 13, 2017

Um, yeah it does!

Level 22

Jul 30, 2016

Since Zambia is a country it was kind of confusing...

Level 20

Sep 6, 2016

For Skinny, have you also accepted Equatorial Guinea?

Level 31

Sep 13, 2016

Nepal does not rhyme with appall. It is pronounced Nep-al. Take it from a Nepalese person

Level 68

May 13, 2017

True. But I guess in English, it is still pronounced to rhyme with appall. Even though that's appalling ignorance.

Level 82

Apr 24, 2020

The Nepalese don't decide how it's pronounced in English.

Level 46

Sep 14, 2016

In Philadelphia "bad" doesn't rhyme with "Chad".

Level 58

Dec 18, 2016

I'm trying to imagine how you can say these words so they don't rhyme. Can you explain?

Level 71

Jan 20, 2017

I'm not sure if I can write this, but if you exaggerate the a in bad (which is prevalent in certain areas of the Northeast & Midwest US), it sounds almost like two syllables: BAY-ad. Chad, on the other hand, is Chaaaaad...a very flat a.

Level 44

Sep 23, 2016

Acacia? Really?? I think you were getting desperate towards the end there!

Level 62

Sep 23, 2016

How so? Croatia: krōˈāSHə, Acacia: əˈkāSHə

Level 65

May 23, 2019

Looking at how other words are pronouned ( or englishized) in english I expected the english prononciation to be cro-ey-tia and not cro-ah-tia. And exception to the rule I guess.

edit.. ok you DO pronounce croatia just as I expected, but apparently you pronounce acacia differently.. which feels even more weird. Not a-kah-shia, but a-kay-shia

Level 75

Jun 8, 2022

Merriam Webster has Croatia and acacia as not rhyming. Croatia is shēə at the end and acacia is just shə. I’ve always pronounced acacia with only 3 syllables.

Level 60

Nov 7, 2016

Can Burma be replaced for something else? Since every quiz featured has Myanmar as the answer shown.

Level 68

May 13, 2017

Fun quiz. Had to really think. Got them all with 3 seconds on the clock :-) Kept typing in Papua New Guinea till I finally figured... Guinea!

Level 63

May 18, 2017

Niece > Belize?

Level 82

Apr 24, 2020

S =/= Z

Level 52

Aug 10, 2017

Weird - Dalmatia popped into my head for Acacia and thats how I ended up getting Croatia.

Level 33

Aug 21, 2017

I always thought Haiti was pronounced High-tee, but I guess I learnt something. Also, I though the squeegee clue had a hard g.

Level 33

Sep 8, 2018

I thought it was High-ee-tee

Level 84

Aug 26, 2017

I think Guinea-Bissau rhymes with Mongolia.

Level 45

Dec 28, 2017

I missed France, Fiji and Australia. But how is niece not belize??

Level 71

Feb 8, 2018

Good quiz, if you liked this try my 'Double Trouble Countries Quiz......here it is

Level 47

Mar 1, 2018

Does Ireland work for Dryland?

Level 65

May 23, 2019

No, i-land would, but it is ayur-land

Level 36

Mar 1, 2018

Would not accept Libya or Namibia to rhyme with trivia.

Level 65

May 23, 2019

it is not tribia, or namivia or livya

Level 65

Apr 30, 2018

I'm no english, but 80 with vatican city?

Level 82

Apr 24, 2020

Level 66

May 10, 2018

In my head, all the answers were read in the voice of Andre the Giant as Fezzik, since he liked to rhyme. Anybody want a peanut?

Level 54

May 10, 2018

Technically Burma is called Myanmar now.

Level 33

Jun 14, 2018

Should accept Ireland as a rhyme for Dryland unless the pronunciation is different.

Level 92

Dec 17, 2018

if you pronounce it the same as island. but as the r changes it (slightly) it is close but not the same.

Level 65

May 23, 2019

not close at all, as close as beer and beggar (less close even maybe), missing a complete sound.

Level 61

Jun 8, 2019

Nah it's pretty close. Maybe some people pronounce the R but many don't.

Level 35

Jun 26, 2018

...eighty - haiti?...i don't think so...

Level 65

May 23, 2019

In english yes, they say hate-ee ( as in see) weird but true, we say ha-ee-ti

Level 76

Aug 27, 2019

Hate-ee, Hi-tee, let's call the whole thing off!

Level 78

Sep 2, 2019

But oh! if we call the whole thing off then we must part; and oh! if we ever part then that might break my heart! So, if you like hate-ee and I like hi-tee, I'll say hate-ee and give up hi-tee, for we know we need each other, so we better call the calling off off; Let's call the whole thing off!

Level 72

Sep 16, 2018

Nambia anyone?

Level 49

Oct 13, 2018

I was thinking Libya for Trivia

Level 65

May 23, 2019

Do you say tribbia? or livya?

Level 63

Nov 28, 2018

Burma is no longer a name of a country.

Level 43

Mar 5, 2019

cool

Level 62

Mar 5, 2019

Updated with a replacement for Burma

Level 65

May 23, 2019

gordon jordan? Man why do you english speaking people even use vowels, if you dont distinguish between them (hmm I guess maybe some indeed dont gordn and jordn). I guess both are pronounced gorden jorden? gordun jordun?

Level 77

Sep 11, 2020

The second vowel sound is a shwa. A neutral vowel sound.

Level 37

Sep 2, 2019

A better match for "Trivia" would be Syria.

Level 62

Sep 2, 2019

A country that doesn't rhyme with Trivia would be better than a country that does rhyme with it? v≠r

Level 75

Sep 2, 2019

Zucchini does not really rhyme with eSwatini if you ask me. It's definitely a stretch

Level 43

Oct 5, 2019

I agree. In Eswatini, you stress on the "a", in zucchini, you stress on the first "i".

Level 62

Oct 5, 2019

Are you a native speaker, or do you have a native-speaker source for this? Pronunciation guides I'm finding online have the accent on the first 'i', just as in zucchini.

Level 82

Apr 24, 2020

Wiktionary (citing dictionaries) allows both options.

Level 83

Nov 11, 2019

That was intense. Finally thought of Croatia with just a few seconds left. Thanks for a great quiz.

Level 66

Nov 14, 2019

Got Croatia. For most I literally went in order of the alphabet to just find what would work

Level 56

Mar 6, 2020

Tuba doesn't rhyme with Cuba. (Toooo-bah, Cuuuue-bah)

Level 87

Mar 27, 2020

Actually tuba and Cuba do rhyme... not sure how you are pronouncing the words that you think they don't.

Level 87

Oct 21, 2020

Papua New Guinea rhymes with Zucchini

Level 66

Mar 10, 2021

Papua New Guinea has the /ɪ/ sound like the i in "bit"

Zucchini has the /i/ sound like the ee in "beet"

So they don't exactly rhyme.

Level 66

Mar 10, 2021

Some accents may rhyme Senegal with appall.

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