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Are there any country names that have the name of another country within them?

Question #104142. Asked by pagea.

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gentlegiant17
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"Australia" has "Austria" embedded.

Mar 25 2009, 6:31 AM
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Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo
Guinea and Guinea Bissau.
North Korea and South Korea
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries

Mar 25 2009, 8:08 AM
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (and Ireland).

Mar 25 2009, 9:55 AM
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Well, there's:

Romania - Oman
Somalia - Mali

link http://www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com/

Mar 25 2009, 10:05 AM
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If you count unrecognized countries:

Somalia - Somaliland
Cyprus - Turkish Republic of North Cyprus

Mar 25 2009, 10:38 AM
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mctavish99
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Mar 26 2009, 8:06 AM
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Nigeria - Niger

Both named for the Niger River and neighbours in West Africa.

Mar 26 2009, 8:09 AM
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I found one!

The Isle of Man - Oman.

Yeah!

Mar 26 2009, 7:19 PM
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