Re: Country names with and without "the"

Yusuf B Gursey wrote:

> > I'm very sure that I remember the way I was taught in school, but a
> > Google search finds plenty of both forms. I wonder, what's "official"?
> > I was a Model U.N. delegate for UAE in 1991, so I'm really
> > embarrassed if we got this wrong.
>
> the 1997 UN guidelines say "the United Aranb Emirates"

Wouldn't the n assimilate to the following b?
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