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Binghamton, bing'um-tun.
Bio-bio, bee'o-bee'o.

Biorneborg or Bjorneborg, be-or'nåh-borg, t. of Finland.

Birket-el-Keroon, or Keroun, běĕr'ket-elker-oon', or Birket-el-Koorn.

Birket-el-Marioot, or Mariout, må`re-oot', l. of Egypt.

Birlat, beer låt', t. of Moldavia.
Bir'ma or Burma.

Birmingham, birʼming-um.
Birr, or Parsonstown.

Bis'cay (Sp. Biscaya, bis-kå'yå).

*Bistineau, bis'te-no'.

Bitlis, bit lees', t. of Asiatic Turkey.
Black'ford.

Bla'den.

Blane, Mount (Fr. Mont Blanc, mỗn bản).
Blanco.

Blank'en-burg (Ger. pron. blånk'en-bŏŏRG).
Blanquilla, blång-keel'yå, i. of W. Indies.
Blas, St., sent blass, cape of Florida.
Blas, St. (Mexico). See San Blas.
Bled'sõe

Blei'berg (Ger. pron. blī'bERG).
Blenheim, blen'im (Ger. pron. blen'hime).
Blois, bloi, or, more correctly, blwå.
Boa Vista, bo'å vees'tå, t. of Brazil.
Bo'ber.

Bocage, bo`kåzh'.

Bochna, box'nå, t. of Austria.

Bœuf, bef (Fr. pron, almost bŭf).

Boden-See, bo'den-sa'. See Constance, Lake. Bod'min.

Bo`drog', r. of Hungary.

Boduayn, bo-doo-åne', t. of Birma.
Bog, sometimes written Boug, boog.
Boglio, bole'yo.

Bo'gli-poor'.

Bogota, bo-go-tå', or Santa Fe de Bogota.
Bo-he'mi-a (Ger. Böhmen, or Boehmen,

bö'men).

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Boisée, boi'sà', r. and fort of Oregon.
Bois-le-Duc, bwå`-leh-dük'.

Boj-a-dor' (Port. pron. bozh-å-doRe')..

Bokhara, bo-kå'rå, or Bucharia, bu-ka're-a. Bolbec'.

Bo'lee; written, also, Boli.

Bo-liv'í-a (Sp. pron. bo-lee've-å).
Bologna, bo-lone'yå.

Bolsena, bol-sa'nå.

Bolton-le-Moors.

Bolzano, bol-zå'no.

Bom-bay'.

See Botzen.

Bom'be-tok', bay of Madagascar.
Bo'na, t. of Algeria.

*Bo-nair' (Sp. Buen Ayre, bwẻn I'rå). Bo'na-ven-tu'ra. See Buena Ventura.

*Bo'na Vis'ta or Bo'a Vis'ta.

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Bonn, bonn.

Boom, bōme.

Boone, boon.

Booraits or Bouretes, boo`raits', a people of Siberia.

Boorgas, Bourgas, or Burgas, boor'gås', t. of Turkey.

Boo-roon' or Bouroun, cape E. of Bulgaria.
Boorsa. See Bursa.

Boos'sa or Boussa, t. of Africa.
Bootan, boo-tån', or Bhootan.
Booth'i-a, gulf of N. America.
Bo-paul; written, also, Bhopal.
Borba, bor bå, t. of Brazil.

Borcette, boR'sett'. See Burscheid.

Bordeaux, bor-do', or Bourdeaux, boor`dö'.
Bo`ree', t. of Afghanistan.
Borgne, born.

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Bor'ne-o.

Born'holm.

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Branco, brång'ko, r. of W. Brazil.

Bran'den-burg (Ger. pron. brån'den-bŏŏRG').
Bran'dy-wine.

Bras d'or, brå dor, bay of Cape Breton.
Braunau, brow'now, t. of Austria.
Braunsberg, browns'beRG.

Brava, bra'va, one of the C. Verde Is.
Brava, brå'vå, t. of E. Africa.
Brax'ton.

Braz-il' (Port pron. brå-zeel').
Brazos, brah'zos.
*Braz-o'ri-a.
Brazza, bråt'så.

Breathitt, breth'it.

Brechin, brek'in.

Breck'en-ridge.

Breck'nock or Brec'on.

Breda, brå-da'.

Bregentz or Bregenz, brå'ghents, t. of Tyrol.

Breisach, brī'zak (Fr. Brisach, bre`zåk').
Brellington. See Bridlington.

Brem'en or bra’mẹn (in Europe).

*Bre'men (in the U. S.).

Breneau, bren-ō', r. of Oregon. Bren'ta.

Brescia, bresh'e-a or bresh'å.

Breslau, bres'lau or bres'lou; sometimes written Breslaw.

Brest (Fr. pron. the same as the English).
Bretagne, breh-tåñ', or Brit'ta-ny.

Breton (Cape), brit'un.

Briançon, bre åN'SON'.

Brzezany, bzhå-zhå'ne, t. of Gallicia. | Buchanan, buk-anʼun. Bucharia, bu-ka're-a.

See Bokhara.
Buchorest, bu'ko-rest, or Bucharest.
Buck'e-burg (Ger. Bückeburg, bük'ken
bŏŏRG), cap. of Lippe Schauenburg.
Buckingham, buk'ing-um.

Buckinghamshire, buk'ing-um-shir.
Bu'da (Hun. pron. boo'doh'; Ger. O'fen).
Budukhshan, bud-uk-shån'; written, also,

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Badakhshan.

Budweis, bood'wice.

Buen Ayre, bwên I'rå. See Bonair.
Buenaventura, bwa-nå-ven-oo'rå.

Buena Vista, bwà'nå vis'tå.

Buenos Ayres, bo'nus à'riz (Sp. pron. bwǎ“ noce I'rés). Buf'fa-lo.

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Builth, bilth, t. of Wales.

Bukke Fiord, book'keh fe-ord', bay on the S. W. coast of Norway.

Bulgaria, bool-gå're-a.

Bulach, boo'lak, t. of Switzerland.
Bulkh. See Balkh.

Buncombe, bunk'um.

Bun'der Ab-as'see (or Abassi). See Gombroon.

Bun'poor', t. of Beloochistan.
Buntzlau, bŏŏnts'lou.

Burd'wân.

Bureau, bu'ro.

Burg (Ger. pron. bŏŏRG).

Burgas. See Boorgas.

Bridge'town.

Burgdorf, boORG'doRf, t. of Switzerland. Burgos, boor'goce.

Bridlington and Brellington, commonly pro- Bur'gun-dy (Fr. Bourgogne, book`goñ').

Bridge'north.

Bridge'port.

Bridge'wâ-ter.

nounced Bur'ling-ton.

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Brooklyn.

Broome, broom.

Brough, bruf.

Bruchsal, brŏŏk'sål.

Bruck, brook, t. of Germany.

Bruges, bru'jez (Fr. pron. brüzh).

Brünn, broon or brün.

Brunswick (Ger. Braunschiveig, brown'shwig).

Bru'sa. See Bursa.

Brus'sels (Fr. Bruxelles, brü'sell'′).
Bry'an.

Brzesc or Brzesc Litewski, bzhests le-tev'ske.

Ca-bar'ras.

Cab'ell.

Cabenda, kå-ben'da, t. of W. Africa.

Cabes, kåb'es or kåbs; written, also, Gabes and Gabs, t. of N. Africa.

Cab-ool'; written, also, Caboul, Cabul, and Caubul.

Cabrera, kå-brå'rå, one of the Balearic Isles.
Cabulistan, kå-bool'is-tån'. See Afghanistan
Caceres, ka'thà-res.

Cachao, katch'a'o. See Ketcho.
Cachias, kå-shee'ås. See Caxias.

Cachoeira, kå-sho-d'e-rå. See Caxoeira.
Cad'do.

Cadiz, ka diz (Sp. pron. kå'Dith).
Caen, kåN.

Caermarthen, kẹr-mar'тHẹn.
Caernarvon, ker-nar'von.

Cæsarea Philippi, ses a-ree'a fil-ip'pi, now
called Banias, bån-e-ås' or Paneas, t. of
Palestine [Cæsarea, the ancient name of
several towns in Western Asia, is usually
modernized by Kaisarieh, Kaisariyeh, or
Kesarieh. See Kaisarieh.]
Caffraria, kaf-frå're-a.
Cagliari, kål'yå-re.

Ca-haw'ba.

Cahir or Caher, kah'her or kare. *Ca-ho'ki-a.

*Cahoos or Cahoes, ka-hoze'. See Cohoes.

Cahors, kå'OR'.

Caicos. See Caycos.

*Caidareta, kī-da-rà ́tå.

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Cairo (in Egypt), ki'ro, called, by the Arabs, *Can-o'ga.

El Kahira, el kåh'he-ra.

*Cairo (in the U. S.), ka'ro.

Caith'ness.

Calabria, ka-là'bre-a or kå-lå'bre-å.

Calahorra, kå-lå-orʼrå.

Calais, kaĺis (Fr. pron. kå`lå').

Calatayud, ka-lå-ta-yooD'.

*Ca-non'i-cut.

Can'ons-burg.

Canso or Canseau, kan'so, strait of Nova

Scotia.

Cantal, kån'tål.

Canterbury, kan'ter-ber-e.
Can-tire', Cantyre, or Kintyre.

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Calbongos, kål-bong'gos, a people of W. Af- Can-ton' (in China).

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Callies, kål-lees', t. of Prussia.

Cal'mar or Kalmar.

Calne, kån.

Caltagirone, kål-ta-je-ro'nå.

Caltanisetta, kal-tå-ne-set'tå.
Cal'u-met.

Calvados, kål vå`dos' or kål-vå'dos.

Calvary, kal'va-re, mt. of Palestine.
Cal'vert.

Calvi, kål've, t. of Corsica.

Camargo, kå-max'go, t. of Mexico.
Camanche, kå-mån'cha. See Comanche.
Cam-ar-o'nes, bay (and river?) of Patagonia.
Cam-bay.

Cam-bo'di-a, Cam-bo'dja, or Cam-boge',
Cam'bray or Cambrai (Fr. pron. kåm bra').
Cam'bri-a.

Cambridge, kameʼbrij.

Cambridgeshire, kame'brij-shịr.

Cam'den.

Cam-er-o'nes or Cam-er-oons', mts. of Africa.

Caminha, kå-meen'ya, t. of Portugal.

Campagna, kam-pån'ya.

Campbell, kam’el.

Campbelltown, kam'el-town.

Can'ton (in the U.S.)

Cantyre. See Cantire.

Cape Breton, kape brit'tn, or brit'un.
Cape Girardeau, je-rar-do'.

Cape Haitien, ha'te-en (Fr. Cape Haïtien, kåp å'e'te-ân').

Cape Pal'mas.

Cape Verd Islands (Port. Ilhas Verdas, eel' yas ver'dås).

Cape Vin'cent.

Ca-per'na-um, t. of Palestine.

Capitanata, kå-pe-tå-nå'tå, prov. of Naples.

Capo d'Istria, kå'po dis'tre-å, t. of Austrian Italy.

Capri, kå'pre.

Capsali. See Kapseli.

Cap'u-a (It. pron. kå'poo-å).

Caqueta, kå-kå'tå.

Car-ac'as or Caraccas (Sp. pron. kå-rå’kås).
Caraman, kårå-mån'.

Caramania, kar-a-må'ne-a. [It may be pro-
per to remind the reader that this is not a
Turkish, but a Latin name; the antepenul-
timate a should, therefore, be sounded as in
Bavaria. See the Pronouncing Gazetteer,
Introduction, section xi., p. 26.]
Caravellas, kå-rå-vel'lås, t. of Brazil.
Car'bon.

Carbonara, kår-bo-nå'rå, cape of Sardinia.
Carcassonne, kar kås sonn'.
Cardenas, kaR'den-ås, t. of Cuba.
Cardiff or Caerdiff, kar'diff.
Car'di-gan.

Cardiganshire, karʼde-gun-shi̟r.
Car-ib-bean Sea.
Car'ib-bee Islands.

Caribou, kar`re-boo', l. of Maine.

Ca-rin'thi-a (Ger. Kärnthen, kaiRn'tẹn).

Campeachy or Campeche, kam-pee'che (Mex. Carlisle, kar-lile'.

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Carlsruhe or Karlsruhe, karls'roo.

Caune, kõne, t of France.

Carlstadt or Karlstadt, karl'stått, t. of Croatia. | Cava, kå'vå.

Car'mel, mt. of Palestine.

Car'mẹn, i. of Mexico.

Car'mo, t. of Brazil.

Car-nat'ic.

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Car'ter-et.

Carvoeiro, caR-vo-d'e-ro, cape of Portugal. Casale, kå-så'là.

Casal Maggiore, kå-sål' måd-jo'rå.

Cas'bin or Kazbin (Pers. pron. kåz-been', whence the name is sometimes written Casbeen).

Caserta or Caserta Nuova, kå-sẻr'tå noo-o'vå.
Casey, kȧ'ze.

Cashan or Kashan, kå'shån', t. of Persia.
Cash'el.

Cash-gar'. See Kashgar.

Cashmere or Kashmire, kash-meer'.

Cash'na. See Kashua.

Casiquiare, kå-se-ke-å'rå, r. of Venezuela.
Cas'pi-an.

Cas'sel.

Cav'an.

Cavery or Cauvery, kau'ver-e.
Cax-a-mar'ca (Sp. pron. kåh-нå-mar'kå).
Caxatambo, kaн-ha-tâm'bo, t. of Peru.
*Caxias or Cachias, kå-shee'as.
Caxoeira or Cachoeira, kå-sho-à'e rå.
Caycos, kikoce, is. of W. Indies.
Cayenne, ki-enn'.

Cayes, kå. See Aux Cayes.
Cayman, ki-mån', 1. of Mexico.
Cayuga, ka-yoo'ga.
*Cayuse, kah-yuce'.

Caz-em'be, country of S. Africa.
Caz-en-o'vi-a.

Ceara. See Ciara.
Cebu, se-boo'. See Zebu.
Cecil, sis'sil.

Ce'dron. See Kidron.
Cefalu, chef-å-loo'.
Celano, chà-lå'no, l. of Italy.
Celebes, sel'e-biz.

Celle or Zelle, tsel'leh.

Cenis, sa neece', mt. of Switzerland. Ceph-a-lo'ni-a (It. pron. chef-a-lon'e-å, mo dern Greek, kef-å-lo-nee'å).

Ce-ram' (Port. pron. ser-roung'), also written Serang,

Cerigo, cher'e-go.
Cervera, ser-ya'rå.

Cervin, ser vẫn', mt. of Switzerland.
Cervione, seR-ve-o'nà, t. of Corsica.
Cesena, chả-så'nå.

Centa (Sp. pron. thẻ oo-tả), t. of N. Africa.
Cévennes, så venn'.

Cev'er-o Vos'totch'noi', cape of Siberia.
Ceylon, see'lon or sil-one'.

*Chagres, chå'grés.

Chalagskoi, shålåg`skoi', cape of Siberia.

Castello Branco, kås-tello brânk'o, t. of Por- Chaleur, shal-oor', bay of New Brunswick

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Cathay, kath-à'. See China.

Catharina, St. See Santa Catharina.

Chang-haï. See Shang-Haï.

Changmai or Tchangmai, chang'mi', t.

Chin-India.

Chantilly, shan'teel'ye' or shån`te`ye'.

*Chapala, chå-på'lå.

Chapel Hill.

[the city of Mexico.

Chapultepec, châ-pool-ta-pek,' fortress near

Charasm. See Kharasm.

*Charcas, char'kås.

Charente, shårånt'.

Charente Inférieur, shå`rånt' ân`få re-ur”.

Catmandoo, Katmandou, or Khatmandu, kat- Chariton, châr'e-ton.

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