A Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer ...

Aix-la-Chapelle,āks-lå-shå`pell' (Ger.Aachen,

Ajaccio, a-yat'cho, or Ajazzo, å-yåt'so.
Ajan, a-zhan'.

Ajalon, adj'a-lon, t. of Palestine.

Ajasaluk. See Ayasoolook.

Akaba, å'kå-bå, t. of Arabia.

Akerman, a'ker-man'.

Akhaf, åkåf', desert of Arabia.
Akhissar, åk 'his-saR'.

Akhmym or Achmim, åк-meem', written sometimes Ekhmym.

Akshehr, Akchehr, or Akscheher, åk-sheh'r' or åk-sha'her.

Aksoo, Aksou, or Aksu, åk`soo', t. of Chin. Tartary.

Alabama, al-a-bah'mą.

Alachua, al-atch'u-a.

Alagoas, å-lå-go'ås, t. of Brazil. Alais, àíà'.

*Alamo, å'lå-mo.

*Alamos, å'lå-moce..

Aland, a'land (Sw. Aland, o'lånd).

*Alaqua, al'a-quaw.

Allen.

Allier, ål'le-å'.

Al'lo-a.

Almaden, ål-må-Den'.
Almansa, ål-mån'så.
Almeida, ål-mà’e-då.
Almeria, ål-må-ree'å.

Almirante, ål-me-rån'tà, i. E. of Africa
Almunecar, al-moo-na-kar'.
Alnwick or Alnewick, an'nik.
Al Obeid. See Obeid.
Al-pe'na.
Alps, âlps.
Alsace, al'såss'.

Als, åls, or Alsen, ål'sen.
Alstahong, åls'tå-hong, t. of Norway.
Altaï, ål-ti'.

Altamaha, aul'ta-ma-hau'.
*Altamira, ål-tå-mee'rå.
Altamura, ål-tå-moo'rå.

Altena or Altona, ål'to-nå.

Alten-burg (Ger. pron. ål'ten-bŏŏRG").

Al-tin or Altyn, ål-tin', l. of Siberia.
Alton, aul'tun.

Altorf, ål'torf, or Altdorf.

Alashehr or Alaschehr, ålå-sheh'r' or å-lå- Altzey or Alzey, ålt'sī.

Aluta or Alouta, a-loo'tå, r. of Wallachia *Alvarado, ål-va-rå'Do.

Al-ba'ni-a (Turk. Arnaootleek or Arnaoutlik, Amapala, å-må-på'lå, t. of Honduras.

Alba Juli-a. See Karlsburg.

ar nå-oot'leek).

Albano, ål-bå'no.

Albans, St., sent aul'bunz.

Albany, aul'ben-e.

Albe-marle (in England).

Al-be-marle' (in the United States).

Albula, ål'boo-lå, r. of Switzerland. Albuquerque, ål-boo-kêr'ka.

Alby or Albi, al'be, (Fr. pron. ål'be').

Alcala, å-ka-là.

Alcala de Henares, ål-kå-lå' då ên-å'rês.

Amatique, am-a-teek', bay of Central Amer. Amaxichi, a-måx'e-kеe, t. on Santa Maura I.

Am'a-zon (Sp. Marañon, må-rån-yone'; called, also, Orellana, o-rel-yå'nå). Am-a-zoni-a

Amberg (Ger. pron. âm’bỏng).

Ambert, am'bair'.

Amboise, amb'waz' (almost åmb`wize'). Am-boy'.

Am-boy'na.

Ambriz, amʼbriz, or åm-breez', r. of Guineu. Am'bro, cape of Madagascar.

Am'brose, St., i. W. of Chili.

Ameland, a'mel-ånt.

Am-e'li-a.

Am-er'i-ca.

Amersfort or Amersfoort, å'mers-fört.

Amga, ångå, r. of Siberia.

Amhara, åm-hå'ra.

Alençon, a-len'son (Fr. pron. åÏån`son').

Al-ep'po, or Haleb, hå'leb.

Aleria, a-là-ree'a, t. of Corsica.

Alessandria, ål-ẻs-sån'dre-å.

Aleutian, a-lu'she-an, or Aleutan, a-lu'tan.
Al-ex-an-dret'ta. See Scanderoon.
Al-ex-an'dri-a.

*Alford, aul'furd.

Algarve, al-gan vả, or Al-garbi ạ.

Algeziras, alg-ez-ee'ras, or Algeciras pron. of both, ål-Hd-thee'ras).

Alicante, å-le-kån'tà, or Al-i-cant'..

Alicata, å-le-kå'tå.

Alkmaar or Alckmaer, alk-mar'.

Allahabad, allah-ha-båd'.

Alle, ål'leń.

Alle-gha'ny.

Amherstburg, am'urst-burg.

Amiens, am'e-enz (Fr. pron. &'me-âN'). Amito, am-eet'.

Amlwch, am'look.

Ammer, åm'mer, r. of Bavaria.
Am-mon-oo'suck.

Amoo or Amou, å-moo'. See Oxus.
Amoor or Amour, å-moor'.

(Sp. Amorgo, å-mor'go, or Amor'gos, i. of Greece
*Amoskeag, am'os-keg'.

Amoy' or Emoui, em-oo'e, i. on E. coast of

China.

Amretsir, åm-ret-seer', or Um-rit-seer'. Am'ster-dam.

Amu. See Amoo.

An-a-to'li-a. See Natolia.

Ancona, an-co'nå.

Apiocacumish, ap`e-o-kak’uın-ish', 1. of La

brador.

Andalusia, an-da-lu'she-a, (Sp. Andalucia, Ap-ol-lo'ni-a, t. of Palestine.

ån-då-loo-thee'å).

An-da-man'.

Andelys, Les, laze-ånd'le'.

Andernach, ån'der-nåk.

Andes, an'diz.

Andorra, ån-dor'rå.

An'do-ver.

Andro, an'dro, or An'dros, i. of Greece.

Andros-cog'gin.

Andujar or Anduxar, ån-doo'Har.

Angara, ång gå-rå', r. of Siberia.

*Angelica, an-jel'e-kå.

*Angelina, an-je-lee'na, r. of Texas. Angermanland, ong'er-mån-lånd.

Angers, an'jerz, formerly written Angiers
(Fr. pron. år'zha').

Anglesey or Anglesea, ang'gl-se.
An-go'la.

An-go'ra or An-goo'ra (Turk. En-goor').
Angornoo or Angornou, an-gor-noo', t. of

Soodan.

Angostura, ån-gos-too'rå.
Angoulême, ån goo`lame'.

Ap-pa-lach-i-coʻla.

Appenzell, ap-pent-sell.
Ap'pling.

Ap-po-mat'tox.

Apt, åpt.

Apure, å-poo'rå.

Aqui, à'que.

Aquila, a'que-lå.

*Aquin, åkan'.

Aquino, å-quee'no.

Arabia, a-be-a.

Aracan. See Arracan.

Aracati, å-rå-kå-tee', t. of Brazil.
Arad, a'rad, t. of Palestine.
Arad, or'od'.

Aragon, âr'ra-gon (Sp. pron. år-rå-gone'),
Araguay, år-a-gwï'.
Aral, ar'al.

Aranjuez, å-rån-Hweth'.
Ar-an'sas, t. of Texas.
*Ar-ap'a-hoe.

Ararat, ar'a-rat.

Aras, ar'as, or Ar-ax'cs.

Arauca, a-rou’kå, r. of New Granada.

Anguilla, ang-ghil'la (Sp. Anguila, ån- Araucanians, ar-au-ka'ne-ans.

Angra, ång'grå.

Ar-broath. See Aberbrothock.

Ar-ca'di-a (Modern Gr. Arkadia, aR-kå-dee'å) t. of Greece.

Archangel, ark-ane'jel (Russ. pron. aRk-ang'. ghel).

Archipelago, ar-ke-pel'a-go, a name given originally to the sea which separates Greece from Asia Minor, but now often applied to any sea interspersed with islands.

Arcis, aR'se', t. of France.

Arcola, ar-koʻlå, t. of N. Italy.

Ar'cot'.

Ardèche, ar'daish'.

An'no-bon`, (Port. Anno-Bom, ån'no-bòn',) i. | Ar'den or Ardennes, ar`denn'.

Ardencaple, ar'den-kap'el, inlet of Greenland.
Ar'drah.

Arechat or Arichat, ar`re-sh t', t. on I. Ma-
dame.

Arecivo, a-rå-see'vo, t. of Porto Rico.

Arensburg, a'rens-beRG. See Arnsberg.
Arequipa, &-ra-kee'på.

Arezzo, a-ret'so.

Argentan, anzhải tản.

Argenteuil, aR`Zhån`tUL'

Argentine (ar'jen-tine) Republic (Sp. Repub lica Argentina, rå-poob ́le-kå aR-Hễn tee'nå). See Plata, La.

Argentiere, aR`zhån`te-air'.

Argoon, Argoun, or Argun, ar-goon'.

Antongil, ån`ton`zheel', or Antongil's, an-ton'- Argos, t. of Greece.

An'trim.

Argostoli, aR-gos'to-le.

Argun. See Argoon.

Ant'werp (Dutch Antwerpen, ånt'wêrp-en; Argyle or Argyll, ar-ghyle'.

Fr. Anvers, ån vaiR').

Anzin, ảnzân.

Argyro Castro, aR'ghe-ro kås'tro.
Arica, å-ree'kå.

Anzooan or Anzuan, an-zoo-an'; written, Ariège, å're-aizh'.

Audenarde, o`den-ard'. See Oudenarde. Auerbach, ou'ẹr-båk.

Augsburg (Ger. pron. ouGs'bŏŏRG).

Augela or Aujila, au'je-la, t. of N. Africa. Au-gus'ta or Agosta.

Augustine (St.), au-gus-teen'.

Aurich, ow'rik, r. of Germany.

Aurillac, ō'reel'yåk', t. of France.

Aurungabad, o-rung-ga-båd'.

Aschaffenburg, ash-af'fen-burg (Ger. pron. Aus'ter-litz (Ger. pron. ous'ter-lits).

Aus'tral (Is.), a group of Polynesia.

Australasia, aus-tral-a'she-a.

Australia, aus-trà'le-a.

Aus'tral-ind, t. of Australia.

Ash-an'tee, sometimes written Achanti.

Ash'dod (Az-o'tus), t. of Palestine.

Ashe, ash.

Ash-ta-bu'la.

Ash'er, tribe of Israelites.

Aus'tri-a (Ger. Destreich, östʼrike). Au-tau'ga.

Autun, o'tun'.

Auvergne, ō-vern' or ō'vairñ'. *Aux Cayes, ō kay.

Auxerre, ō-saiR'.

Auxonne, ox'onn', or Aussonne, os'sonn'.

Asia, a'she-a (often improperly pronounced Ava, a'va.

a'zhe-a).

As'ke-lon, t. of Palestine.

Avatchka. See Awatska.

Avallon, å vållON'.

Aveiro, a-vå'e-ro.

Avella, å-vel'lå.

Avellino, å-vel-lee'no.

Avenches, å våNsh'.

Averno, a-ver'no.

Aversa, å-ver'så.
Avesnes, a`vain'.
Aveyron, å våron'.
Avezzano, å-vẻt-sảno.
Avignon, å'veen'yoN'.
Avila, å've-lå.

Avlona, åv-lo'nå.

Avon, a'von.

Avoyelles, av-oi-elz' (commonly called a-v el).

As-tra-can' or Astrakhan (Russ. pron. ås-trå- Avranches, åv`rånsh'.

Asturias, ås-too're-ås.

Atacama, å-tå-kå'må.

Atchafalaya, atch-af-a-li'a.

Atauai, a-tou-I'. See Atooi.

Atch-een' or Acheen.

At-fe', sometimes written Atfih.

Ath or Aath, ååt.

Ath-a-pes'cow or Ath-a-bas'ca. Ath-boy'.

Ath'ens.

Ath-lone'.

Ath'os.

Athy, ath-I'.

Badajos, bad-a-hoce' (Sp. Badajoz, bå-på Hoth').

Badakhshan.

See Budukhshan.

Badenweiler, bå-den-wi'ler.
Badku, båd-koo', or Bakoo.
Baeza or Baeça, bå-à'tha.
Baffa, båf'få.
Baf'fin's (Bay).

Bagdad, båg-dåd' or bag'dad; written, also,
Bagdat.

Baghermeh, bå-gher'meh, kingdom of Africa. Bagnarea, bån-yå-rà'å, t. of Italy.

Bagnères de Bigorre, bån'yair' deh be`gorr'. Bagnères de Luchon, bản yair deh lushỏn. Bagnols, bån`yol'.

Bahamas, ba-ha'maz.

Bahar, bå-har'.

Bahari, bå'H'ree, prov. of Egypt.

Ban'try.

Bahia, bå-ee'å, or San Salvador, sån sål-vå- Bapaume, bå`pōme'.

dōr'.

Bahrein, båh-rane'.

Bahr-el-Abiad, bar-el-å'be-åd, branch of the R. Nile.

Bahr-el-Azrek, bar-el-åz'rek', branch of the
Nile.

Bahr-el-Merj. See El Margi.
Baïkal, bî'kåÏ`.

Baireuth, bi'ruth (Ger. pron. bï'roit).
Bairout. See Beyroot.
Baja, ba'yå.

Bajada or Baxada, bå-нå'då, t. of La Plata.
Bajazid. See Bayazid.

Bakoo or Bakou, bå'koo'; written, also, Badku.
Bakteghian or Bakhteghian, båk-te-ghe-ån',
or Bak-te-gan', l. of Persia.
Bal'a-ghauts'.

*Bar-a-co'ą.

Barbados or Barbadoes, bar-bå'doz.
Bar-le-duc, bar`leh-dük'.
Barbary, bar'ber-e.
Barbour, bar'ber.
Barbuda, bar-boo'da.
Bar'ca, prov. of Africa.
Bar-cellos, t. of Brazil.

Bar-ce-lo'na or bar-tha-lo'nå.

Barège, bå`raizh'. See Barrège.
Bareilly, bar-a'le.

Bari, bå're.

Barinas, bå-ree'nås. See Varinas.
Barletta, bar-let'tå.
Bar'men, t. of Prussia.
Barnaul, baR-nowl'.
*Bar-ne-gat'.
Barnsley, barnz'le.
Barn'sta-ble.

Balaton; more correctly, Bálatony, båå'la- | Barn'sta-ple.

ton. See Platten See.

Barn'well.
Baroach, bå-rötch'.
Bar-o'da.

Bar'ra, or bår'rå, t. of Brazil. *Bar're (in two syllables). Barrège or Barège, bar`raizh'.

Bal-fur-ósh' or Bal-froosh'; written, also, Bar'ren.

Balfrouch and Balfrusch.

Bali. See Bally.

Balize, bå-leez'.

Balkan, bål-kån'.

Balkash, bål'kåsh', 1. of Central Asia.

Balkh, bålk; written, also, Bulkh.
Bal'lard.

Bal'le-ny's, i. in S. Pacific Ocean.
Ballina, bal e-nå'.

Ballinasloe, bal'lin-a-slō'.

Ballston, bauls'ton.

Ballston Spa, bauls'ton spå or spaw. Bal'ly.

Barrima or Barima, bå-ree'må, point near the mouth of the R. Orinoco. Bar'row.

the N. E. of Spain.

Basrah, bås'rå. See Bassora.
Bassano, bås-så'no.

Bas'sas, cape of Africa.
Basse-terre, bass-tain'.
Bassora, bås'so-rå, or Bas'rah.
Bastia, bås-tee'å.

Bastogne, bås 'toñ', t. of Belgium.

*Bastrop, co, and t. of Texas.

Batavia, bạ-tả ve-a.

Bath'urst, i. of N. America.

Batiscan, bå-tis-kåN', r. of Canada.

Baton Rouge, bat'un roozh.

Benin, ben-een'.

Batroon, Batroun, or Batrun, bå-troon', t. of Benjarmassin. See Banjarmassin.

Syria.

Battaglia or La Battaglia, .å båt-tål'yå.

Bautzen, bout'sẹn.

Ba-vari-a (Ger. Baiern, bi'ern).

Ben'ning-ton.

Benowm or Benaum, ben-owm', t. of Africa Ben-sa'lem.

Bensheim, bensʼhime.

Bayao, bả yêổn, almost ba yowng, t. of Bentheim, benthime.

Brazil.

Beaune, bone.

Beauvais, bo'vå'.

Beccles, bek'klz.

Bedfordshire, bed'furd-shir.

Bedouin or Beduin, bed'ŏŏ-in, or Bed'o-ween.
Bee'chey, cape of British America.
Bee'der; written, also, Bider.
Beel, bale, t. of Transylvania.

Bee-roo', a kingdom or region of Africa.
Be-er'she-ba, t. of Palestine.
Befort, bå for. See Belfort.
Begharmi. See Baghermeh.
Behring's, bee'ringz (Strait).
Beila. See Biela.

Beira, ba'e-rå. See Beyra.
Beiroot or Beirout. See Beyroot.
Beith, beeth.

Beja, ba'zhå.

Be'ja-poor', formerly written Visiapour.
Bel-ed-el-Jer-eed'; written, also, Beled-el-
Jerid, Belad-el-Djeryd, Beled-el-Jerede,
and Biled-ul-Gerid.

Belem, bel-eng', t. of Portugal and Brazil.
Bel-fast'.

Belfort, bel'for', or Béfort, bå'for'.

Belgium, bel'je-um.

Belgrade' (Turk. Bil-gråd').

Belknap, bel'nap.

*Bellefontaine, bel-fon-tane'.

*Bellefonte, bel-font'.

Bentivoglio, ben-te-vole'yo.

Bentschen, bentch'en, t. of Prussia. Berar, bå-rar'.

Berat, ber-åt'.

Ber'be-ra, prov. of Africa.

Berbice, ber-beece', r. of Guiana.
Beresina or Berezina, bêr-ez-ee'nå.
Ber-ez-off"; written, also, Berezow.
Bergamo, bêR'gå-mo.

Bergen, ber'ghen (in Europe).

*Berg'en (in the U. S.) [Bergen, in Western New York, is almost universally pronounced ber'jen.]

Ber-goo' or Bergou, prov. of Africa.
Bergopzoom, beRG'op-zōme'.
Bergues, beRg.

Berkley, berk❜le.
Berkshire, berk'shir.

Ber'lin (Ger. pron. bêR-leen').

Bermudas, ber-moo'daz, or Ber-moo'thes.
Bern or Berne (Fr. and Ger. pron. bẻRn).
Bernard, St. (Fr. pron. sân bêr'naR').
Bernardino, bêR-naR-dee'no, or Bernardin,
ber-nar-deen', mt. of California.
*Bernardotte, ber'nar-dot'.

Bern'burg or beRn'booRG, t. of Germany.
Ber'ri-en.