# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 369
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7362 "2011-09-09T07:15:25Z")
Countries named after persons 1. Bolivia 2. Colombia 3. (The United States of) America 4. Saint Lucia 5. Republic of the Philippines 6. Saudi Arabia 7. El Salvador 8. Georgia 9. Mozambique ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7363 "2011-09-09T12:19:17Z")
Countries named after persons 1. Bolivia 2. Colombia 3. (The United States of) America 4. Saint Lucia 5. Republic of the Philippines 6. Saudi Arabia 7. El Salvador 8. Georgia 9. Mozambique 10. Rhodesia ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7364 "2011-09-09T12:21:38Z")
#7362 Today, 07:19 AM Dolores Reborn Rebo the Feud Mistress Charter Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the depths of Hell Posts: 12,846 Countries named after persons 1. Bolivia 2. Colombia 3. (The United States of) America 4. Saint Lucia 5. Republic of the Philippines 6. Saudi Arabia 7. El Salvador 8. Georgia 9. Mozambique 10. Rhodesia 11. Dominican Republic ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7365 "2011-09-09T12:58:34Z")
Countries named after persons 1. Bolivia 2. Colombia 3. (The United States of) America 4. Saint Lucia 5. Republic of the Philippines 6. Saudi Arabia 7. El Salvador 8. Georgia 9. Mozambique 10. Rhodesia 11. Dominican Republic 12. Israel From Wiki: “According to the Hebrew Bible the name “Israel” was given to the patriarch Jacob (Standard Yisraʾel, Isrāʾīl; Septuagint Greek: Ἰσραήλ; “persevere with God”) after he successfully wrestled with an angel of God.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7366 "2011-09-09T13:22:37Z")
Countries named after persons 1. Bolivia 2. Colombia 3. (The United States of) America 4. Saint Lucia 5. Republic of the Philippines 6. Saudi Arabia 7. El Salvador 8. Georgia 9. Mozambique 10. Rhodesia 11. Dominican Republic 12. Israel 13. Phillipines Next: Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7367 "2011-09-09T13:34:17Z")
Next: Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7368 "2011-09-09T14:03:41Z")
Next: Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7369 "2011-09-09T14:58:16Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Countries named after persons > > 1. Bolivia > 2. Colombia > 3. (The United States of) America > 4. Saint Lucia > 5. Republic of the Philippines > 6. Saudi Arabia > 7. El Salvador > 8. Georgia > 9. Mozambique > 10. Rhodesia > 11. Dominican Republic > 12. Israel > 13. Phillipines > > Next: Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” > > 1. Ireland Is there a difference between 5 and 13? No biggie, moving on… ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7370 "2011-09-09T14:59:33Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7371 "2011-09-09T15:10:09Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland (but that’s not its official name, mind you. We have five names for it: _Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Svizra_, and to make everybody happy, _Confoederatio Helvetica_, but no Switzerland) 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7372 "2011-09-09T15:37:10Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland 6. Iceland ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7373 "2011-09-09T15:59:39Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland 6. Iceland 7. Thailand ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7374 "2011-09-09T17:11:29Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland 6. Iceland 7. Thailand 8. England ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7375 "2011-09-09T17:25:59Z")
For the duplicate Philippines reference, I’ll substitute: 1. Solomon Islands Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland 6. Iceland 7. Thailand 8. England 9. Swaziland Also, I had not realized before, named after a person: [Mswati II - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mswati_II_of_Swaziland) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7376 "2011-09-09T18:18:27Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland 6. Iceland 7. Thailand 8. England 9. Swaziland 10. Poland ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7377 "2011-09-09T18:23:58Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland 6. Iceland 7. Thailand 8. England 9. Swaziland 10. Poland 11.Namaqualand ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7378 "2011-09-09T18:39:34Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland 6. Iceland 7. Thailand 8. England 9. Swaziland 10. Poland 11.Namaqualand 11. Finland ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7379 "2011-09-09T18:57:56Z")
Countries/states/provinces with names of one word that include “land” 1. Ireland 2. Switzerland 3. Newfoundland 4. Scotland 5. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland 6. Iceland 7. Thailand 8. England 9. Swaziland 10. Poland 11.Namaqualand 11. Finland 12. Holland (make your choice) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7380 "2011-09-09T18:58:29Z")
Upon reflection, Newfoundland (my contribution) shouldn’t count. The island is Newfoundland, but the province is called the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. I’m working on an acceptable substitute. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7381 "2011-09-09T19:10:06Z")
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