The Volokh Conspiracy - Countries and Points of the Compass:

A puzzle from Yefim Somin (yes relation to the coconspirator) -- name three countries whose names are based on the points of the compass, but whose English names do not have the point of the compass as a word in the country name. (East Timor and North Korea, for instance, wouldn't work.)

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	[Eugene Volokh, October 6, 2006 at 3:50pm] Trackbacks Countries and Points of the Compass: A puzzle from Yefim Somin (yes relation to the coconspirator) -- name three countries whose names are based on the points of the compass, but whose English names do not have the point of the compass as a word in the country name. (East Timor and North Korea, for instance, wouldn't work.) (Show the answer.) Australia, Austria, and Norway. (Hide the answer.)