The USA is an acronym country. What other nuclear states get their names from acronyms?

[Bucky]

I can think of two. No, I'm not thinking about the USSR.

[Paulie]

1. UK and PRC?

[Bucky]

2. UK is right, but the word "China" (which everyone calls it) is a misnomer, not an acronym.

Still, you're halfway there.

[Chan790]

3. Technically, Pakistan...but I doubt that is one you're thinking of.

The name was coined by Cambridge student and Muslim nationalist Choudhary Rahmat Ali,[67] and was published on 28 January 1933 in the pamphlet Now or Never.[68] After naming the country, he noticed that there is an acronym formed from the names of the "homelands" of Muslims in northwest India — "P" for Punjab, "A" for the Afghan areas of the region, "K" for Kashmir, "S" for Sindh and "tan" for Balochistan, thus forming "Pakstan".[citation needed] An "i" was later added to the English rendition of the name to ease pronunciation, producing "Pakistan". In Urdu and Persian the name encapsulates the concept of pak ("pure&quot and stan ("land&quot and hence a "Pure Land".

-Credit: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Pakistan#Muslim_homeland_-_.22Now_or_Never.22)

I think it's funny though that they added the "i" just to keep Western English speakers from tripping over the illyrical original name "Pakstan"

[Bucky]

5. That's exactly what I was thinking of.

Before 1933, there was no Pakistan

[pokerfan]

4. DPRK?

[Bucky]

6. Nope. Again, people call it "North Korea".

All kinds of countries have official names that no one uses. Like Mexico is also named "The United States"--but that's not what anyone says.

[Locut0s]

7. UAE for one.

[Bucky]

8. Oh, gosh, I hope they ain't in the Club

[Locut0s]

10. Well they are an acronym country no? nt

[Bucky]

11. Tru dat, but they still ain't got nukes.

And that's what the querstion was about.

[Locut0s]

19. Hah lol. I read Nuclear states as meaning self contained...

Etc Lol, I thought it was an odd way of putting it.

[Arctic Dave]

9. Canada.

C aye
N aye
D aye

[Bucky]

12. Isn't "aye" pronounced like "eye"?

Also, didn't Arctic Dave die last year? I think I remember posting some very touching sentiments on your memorial wall.

[Arctic Dave]

13. If you used "eye" it would be prononced "Cinidi". And that's just ridiculous.

As for my passing, I am happy to inform that Arctic Dave is in tip top shape.

[Bucky]

14. Is that a euphemism for Heaven?

And there's a kid named Cinidi in my 4th period class.

So anyway, you're telling me that the name of the country is pronounced "Cayenayedaye"? What the hell is that all aboot?

[Arctic Dave]

15. This obviously needs more discussion over some fries and potine.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Grammar police here.....not a true acronym...

It's just initials... U....S....A...If it were a true acronym, we'd say it "You-suh." Too southern for me.

[Bucky]

17. Your comments, while arguable, address semantics, not grammar

Theahfoah, you-suh ah rawng!































no, not THAT yousah

[olddots]

18. I live in the OCD

it used to be the BVD after it was the DMV but before it was the DVD and then briefly the USA .