I found this interesting: There are only four countries on Earth with a one-syllable name.

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To determine how many syllables a word has, you:

  1. Count the vowels
  2. Drop the silent vowels
  3. Subtract one vowel from every dipthong
  4. The number of vowels you have left = the number of syllables in the word

Therefore, Wales has just one syllable.

(Now, whether it is a country or not, I have no freakin’ idea :D)
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