How many countries with letter y in name?

28 1- Alderney - Part of the Channel Islands 2- Cayman Islands 3

• Cyprus 4 - Egypt 5- French Polynesia - was a French territory but

in 2004 became an overseas country 6 - Germany 7 - Guernsey 8 - Guyana 9 - Hungary 10 - Italy 11 - Irianjaya 12 - Ivory Coast - now also called Cote-d'Ivoire but is still officiall known as ivory coast 13 - Jersey 14 - Kenya 15 - Kyrgyzstan 16 - Libya 17 - Malaysia 18 - Mayotte Island - Between Madagascar and Mozambique 19

• Myanmar 20 - Norway 21 - Palestinian Territory 22 - Paraguay 23 -

Seychelles 24 - Syria 25 - Turkey 26 - Uraguay 27 - Vatican City 28

• Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen These countries used to

exist but have had name changes: Ceylon - Now called Sri Lanka Dahomey - Now called the Republic of Benin (west Africa) Malagsy Republic - Now called Madagascar Ryukyus Islands - consists of over 200 islands off Japan. Americans handed it back to Japan Yugoslavia

• now split up Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Hercegovina, Montenegro,

Serbia, Macedonia