Dzalbania
I wonder if anyone reading this can answer a random question. Why is “dz” the two-letter abbreviation for Albania?
Alternatively, can anyone think of a Google search that would quickly answer this? I had a few shots at it but can only find lists of them. It’s one of those things that just seems to be ungooglable.
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It’s Algeria not Albania
The two letter country code DZ is derived from Dzayer, the local name for Algeria.
All hail wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dz
–Wade
See… somehow, after coming across this earlier in the day, I spent a while at Wikipedia trying to find the answer myself, checked again a few times to make sure I got the country right, then posted this… and managed to write Albania. With a link to a page that says it’s Algeria.
Sigh.