- Countries ending with A
As I mentioned last week, I’m taking a break from my Wednesday quotations and tackling geography with an alphabetic slant instead. Last week I kicked off with countries beginning and ending with A. This week I’ve set myself a broader brief – countries ending with A, no matter what they start with.
I’ve gone with Transnistria. This breakaway state has been recognised by only three other states, themselves of limited recognition: Abkhazia, Artsakh, and South Ossetia. By most it is still recognised as a part of Moldova, and as that also ends with A I don’t feel I’m cheating too much.
Bread factory, close to the border with Moldova, July 2019
And here’s a small gallery of the town of Bender or Bendery (Бендеры)
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Bender sign ![]()
Gorky cinema, Bender ![]()
Bender railway station ![]()
Bender railway station ![]()
Lenin in Bender ![]()
Bender market ![]()
Bender market ![]()
Bender market ![]()
Bender market ![]()
Bender fortress ![]()
Bender fortress ![]()
Bender fortress ![]()
Military museum ![]()
Riverside beach ![]()
Historical War Memorial ![]()
Historical military cemetery ![]()
Arc de triomphe in Bender
If any of you fancy joining in and need some ideas, here’s a list of countries ending with A, including a few that are not officially recognised by many other countries.
- Abkhazia – Limited recognition
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Bolivia
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burma / Myanma
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea – Bissau
- Guyana
- India
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Korea, North / North Korea
- Korea, South / South Korea
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Namibia
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Ossetia – Limited recognition
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Transnistria – Limited recognition
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Venezuela
- Western Sahara – Limited recognition
- Zambia
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 1 September 2021
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