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I am looking for 6 different country names

1 Take a country name and take out

a number

you will get another country name

2 Take a country name and take out

three numbers

you will get another country name

3 Take a country name and take out

several numbers (not necessarily different)

you will get another country name

No anagram of remaining letters needed.

No partial answers please. Some creative thinking needed.

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    $\begingroup$ I put the knowledge tag because not everyone knows all the country names $\endgroup$
    – DrD
    Nov 11, 2021 at 13:32

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  1. Take out a number

Australia -> Austria, by removing 'a L' or a 50

  1. Take out three numbers

Ireland -> Iran, by removing the three numbers e, L and D

  1. Take out several numbers (not necessarily different)

Indonesia -> India, by removing 'ones' which are several numbers

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  • $\begingroup$ What is e as a number? $\endgroup$
    – Minot
    Nov 11, 2021 at 13:50
  • $\begingroup$ Perfectly done @Tom. $\endgroup$
    – DrD
    Nov 11, 2021 at 13:50
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    $\begingroup$ @Minot e is Euler's number $\endgroup$
    – DrD
    Nov 11, 2021 at 13:53
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1. Nigeria->Niger (IA is 26 in hex). 2. Australia->Austria (A is 10 in hex, L is 50 in Roman, I is 1 in Roman). 3. Indonesia->India (removing "ones").

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    $\begingroup$ You seem to be removing an extra 'i' in number 2. $\endgroup$
    – hexomino
    Nov 11, 2021 at 14:36
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    $\begingroup$ Isn't 26 = 1A and not IA? If so, you are then converting I to 1 also? Just for clarification. $\endgroup$
    – DrD
    Nov 11, 2021 at 14:38
  • $\begingroup$ 1A. Second answer is incorrect anyway... $\endgroup$
    – Morris
    Nov 11, 2021 at 16:08

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