Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| LAFEU | Lord Attempting 'Friend's' Exposure, Unavailingly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well |
| LAOS | Large Areas Of Sierra. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| LATVIA | Let's Appreiciate That Valuable Ideal, Autonomy. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| LEBANON | Lasting Ethnic Bitterness Accelerates Neglect Of Nation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| LESOTHO | Large Expanses Still Open To Horses Only. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| LIBERIA | Launched Initially By Emancipating Regine In America. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| LIBYA | Lo, I Blacklist You, America. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | Little Independent Entity. Companies Have Tax Exemptions Now Superior To Europe's Independent Nations. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| LITHUANIA | Locked Into That Horrid Ussr, And Now Into Autonomy. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MACEDONIA | Mighty Alexander Conquered Enemy Domains, Overran Nomads In Asia. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MADAGASCAR | Much Abject Destitution, A Generally Agricultural Society, Constituted As Republic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MALAWI | Mainly Agricultural, Labouring Against Whopping Indebtedness. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MALAYSIA | Mainly Agricultural Labourers And Yet Some Industrially Active. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MALI | Mostly Agricultural - Little Industry. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MALTA (2) | Men Always Less Than Angelic |
Rico Leffanta |
| MAURITANIA | Mines A Useful Resource - Iron! They Are Now Islamic Administration. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MEXICO | May Export Xylophones, I Couldn't Opine. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MONACO | Milking Optimistic Ninnies At Casino Operations. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MONGOLIA | Millions Obeyed Nomadic Genghis - Oppressive Leader In Asia. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MOROCCO | Monarchy On Rocky Ocean Coastline. Colonists Ousted. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MOSCOW | Mafia Overrun Soviet Capital. Often Wintry |
Eric Bridgstock |
| MOZAMBIQUE | Millions Of Zebras And Migrating Beasts In Quite Unique Ecology. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who perhaps doesn't know that 'Quite Unique' is bad grammar. |
| MYANMAR | Murder Your Asian Neighbours - Militarily Aggressive Republic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NAMIBIA | Now A Mining Industry Base In Africa. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NAURU | Not A Universally Recognised Unity. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NEPAL | Nowadays Everest's Peaks Accumulate Litter. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NETHERLANDS | Need Elevate Their High Embankment Ridges Lest A Natural Disaster Strikes. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NEW ZEALAND | Nearly Extinct Wondrous Zoology, Environmentally Attractive Landscape, A Natural Delight. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NEW ZEALAND (2) | Now English Whenua, Zespri-Eaters Abound & Land Actuates Native Disputes. |
Angela Brett. ('Whenua' means 'land' in Maori - the aboriginal language of New Zealand, and 'Zespri' is a New Zealand kiwifruit.) |
| NICURAGUA | Narcotics In Central USA - Remote Areas Grow Untold Amounts. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NIGER | Nuclear Items Generate External Revenue. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NIGERIA | Numerous Indigenous Groupings... Embittered Rivalry Is Abounding. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NORTH KOREA | Never Officially Revoked, The Hostilities Killed Off Revenue Earning Activities. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NORWAY | Numerous Oil-Rich Wells Active Yearlong. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NZ | 'Nother Zone |
Jeff Anonymous, noticing that in New Zealand's timezone it was already Halloween. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| NZ ACRONYMS | Now Zey're Apronyms! Creatively Rearranged Original Name, Yet Meaning Similar. |
Gavin Lambert Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| PAKISTAN | Populous As Karachi Is, Still Truly Agricultural Nation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| PALESTINE | Please, All... Let's End Schismatic Terrorism (Israel's No Exception!) |
Angela Brett Religion Military:War & Terrorism |
| PANAMA | Please Attack Noriega And Make Amends |
joybutton (not his real name *grin*) |
| PANAMA (2) | Pick A Number And Move Aside |
joybutton |
| PANAMA (3) | Perhaps America's Narcotics Agents Messed About. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Parts Are Primitive - Uplanders Almost Never Encounter Westerners. Generally Upland Inhabitants Not Economically Active. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| PARAGUAY | Politically A Republic After Government Under Army Yoke. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| PERU | Population's Expansion Rises Uphill. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| PHILIPPINES | People Hated Its Leaders, In Particular People Into Needless Expensive Shoes. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| POLAND | Place Of Lech's Arising - Now Democratic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| QATAR | Quite A Torrid, Arid Region. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| RUSSIA | Remains Unstable, Socialists Still In Authority. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| RWANDA | Regular Warfare Amongst Natives - Dreadful Atrocities. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SAINT LUCIA | Since Attracting Its New Tourists, Little Unchanged Culture Is Available. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SAUDI ARABIA | Scorched And Unfertile Deserts Inland, Any Rainfall Available Belies Irrigation Attempts. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SCOTLAND (2) | Sampled Communities On Top Lush Area, Nice Destination |
Jan Morgan |
| SEYCHELLES | Some European Yobs Came Here, Enslaved Locals. Locals Eventually Seceded. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SIERRA LEONE | Society Is Exceptionally Rice-Reliant, Agricultural Labourers Earnings Often Need Enhancement. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SINGAPORE | Service Industry Nation, Generating A Profit On Rampant Economy. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SINGAPORE (2) | Sunny Island, Nobody Grows Apples, Primarily Only Real Estate |
Dundee |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS | Scene Of Lots Of Military Operations. Now Independent State, Local Agriculture Now Developing Strongly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS (2) | Sheba Offers Love Options Men Often Need; In Some Love Affairs, Naked Dancing Sufficeth |
Rico Leffanta |
| SOMALIA | Scene Of Military Actions - Lethal Internal Aggression. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SPAIN | Sunshine Particularly Attracts International Nudists |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SPAIN (2) | Spain & Portugal Are Iberian Neighbors. |
Roger Williams |
| SRI LANKA | Sells Rubber In Large Amounts, Now Knows Autonomy. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ST KITTS & NEVIS | Sunshine's The Key In This Tropical State. Nowadays Expect Visitors Into Sunshine.Sunshine. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES | Small, Tropical, Volcanic Island Nation Converting Economy Now Towards Tourism. Had Effectively Generated Revenue Exporting Native Agriculture. Delights In Nearly Endless Sunshine. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SUDAN | Such Utter Desolation And Nothingness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SWAZILAND | Sugar, Wood, Asbestos Zone. It's Landlocked And Nominally Democratic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SWEDEN | Smorgasborders Who Evidently Dine Epicureanly Nightly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SWITZERLAND (2) | Speak/ Write In Tongues, Zones Exhibiting Regional Languages Aren't Nation-Dividers. |
Angela Brett -- Switzerland has four official languages, German, French, Italian and Romansh. |
| SYRIA | Scant Yearly Rainfall - Inland Arid. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SYRIA (2) | Start Your Rocksts, Iraq Again |
W. Kline |
| THE GAMBIA | They Heavily Export Groundnuts - And Most Business Is Agricultural. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| THAILAND | They Had Army Insurrections Lately, Although Now Democratic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| TANZANIA | Tanganyika And Nearby Zanzibar Are Now In Association. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| TAHITI | Trying Any Hula Increases Temperatures Immediately |
Rico Leffanta |
| UGANDA | Under General Amin Numerous Dreadful Atrocities. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| UKRAINE | Uprising Knocked Russians Aside - Independence Now Established. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Using Nationalised Industries They Extract Desert's Ancient Resources. After Britain Ended Management It's Remembered As 'Trucial Emirate States.' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| UNITED STATES | Under No Inclination Toward Egalitarian Decisions Should Traitors Attempt To Equalise Society |
Rico Leffanta |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Umpteen Native 'Indian' Tribes Essentially Destroyed. Since Then Aiming Towards Earthly Supremacy - One Feels American Men's Egos Revel In Carrying Arms. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2) | Unique Nation Ignites Truths, Emerges Democracy. Separate Territories Add To Enlarging Scenery. Open For. A Mixture, Emerging Residents In Common Agenda |
Jan Morgan - I came up with it by the one reason it was born freedom of religion (truth) it emerged a democracy the states are separate territories that enlarged the country and it was open for a melting pot (mixture) of residents to come and have freedoms |
| URUGUAY | Uneasy Realm, Urban Guerrillas Unsettle Army Yeomanry. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| VIETNAM | Victorious In Ending That Nasty American Matter. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| WALES | Wherein Abide Leek-Eating Sheep |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| WALES (2) | Where Aliens Love English Sisters |
Rico Leffanta |
| WALES (3) | Why Aren't Languages Ever Shared? |
Jan Morgan |
| YUGOSLAVIA | Your Usual Genocide One Supposes, Lasting American Victory Is Attainable? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ZAIRE | Zebras Abound In Region's East. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ZAMBIA | Zinc And Mining-Based Industries Abound. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ZIMBABWE | Zealous In Making Beginnings Against Black & White Extremists |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | This Republic Is Now Independent - Drilling And Developing Their Oil Business Aids Growing Opulence. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| TUNISIA | Temperate Up North, In South It's Arid. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| TURKEY | They Unmercifully Repress Kurds Even Yet. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| TURKMENISTAN | They Until Recently Kept Moscow's Edicts, Now Independent - Some Think Autonomy Novel. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
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