gistfile1.py

import re

def country_finder(adj):
    f = open('Acarnania.txt')
    countries = []
    for line in f:
        results = re.split(',' , line.strip())
        if len(results) >=2:
            countries.append(results)
    print countries
    return [row[0] for row in countries if row[1] == adj]


#Usage: print country_finder('americans')