A PRONOUNCING INDEX
Reading edition
Webster's New International Dictionary, the Century Cyclopedia of Names, and the Encyclopedia Americana have been used as authorities for spelling and pronunciation.
Adirondack (ăd´ĭ-rŏn´dăk)
Achilles (ă-kĭl´ēz)
Aisne (ân)
Alamo (ä´lä-mō)
Alcuin (ăl´kwĭn)
Algonquin (ăl-gŏŋ´kĭn)
Allegheny (ăl´ē̍-gā´nĭ)
Altamaha (ôl´tȧ-mȧ-hô´)
Andes (ăn´dēz)
Angles (ăŋ´g'lz)
Annapolis (ă-năp´ō̍-lĭs)
Antietam (ăn-tē´tăm)
Appalachian (ăp´ȧ-lăch´ĭ-ăn)
Appomattox (ăp´ō̍-măt´ŭks)
Argonne (är´gō̍n´)
Aristotle (ăr´ĭs-tot'´l)
Arizona (ăr´ĭ-zō´nȧ)
Arkansas (är´kăn-sô´)
Armenia (är-mē´ni-ȧ)
Attila (ăt´ĭ-lȧ)
Babylon (băb´ ĭ-lŏn)
Bahama (bȧ-hā´mȧ)
Barcelona (bär´sē̍-lō´nȧ or bär´thā̍-lō´nä)
Bede (bēd)
Birmingham (bûr´mĭng-ăm)
Bon Homme Richard (bō̍´ nō̍m´ rē´shär´)
Boone (boo͞n)
Boulton (bōl´tŭn)
Breckinridge (brĕk´ĭn-rĭj)
Bristol (brĭs´tŏl)
Buchanan (bŭ-kăn´ăn or bū̍-kăn´ăn)
Buena Vista (bwā´nä vẽs´tä)
Burgoyne (bûr-goin´)
Cabot, Sebastian (sē̍-băs´chăn kăb´ŭt)
Cadiz (kā´dĭz or kä´thēth)
Caesar (sē´zȧr)
Cahokia (kȧ-hō´kĭ-ȧ)
Cairo (kā´rō)
Calhoun (kăl-hoo͞n´)
Canandaigua (kăn´ăn-dā´gwȧ)
Canaries (kȧ-nā´rĭz)
Cañon (kăn´yŭn)
Cape Breton (brĕt´ŭn)
Carthage (kär´thā̍j)
Cartier, Jacques (zhäk kär´tyā´)
Catawba (kȧ-tô´bȧ)
Cavite (kä-vē´tā)
Cervera (thĕr-vā´rä)
Chalons (shä´lôN)
Champlain (shăm-plān´)
Charlemagne (shär´lē̍-mān)
Charles Martel (shȧrl or chärlz mär´tel´)
Château-Thierry (shä-tō´tyĕ´rē´)
Chattanooga (chăt´ȧ-noo͞´gȧ)
Cherokee (chĕr´ō-kē´)
Chesapeake (chĕs´ȧ-pēk)
Chickahominy (chĭk´ȧ-hŏm´ĭ-nĭ)
Chickamauga (chĭk´ȧ-mô´gȧ)
Cicero (sĭs´ẽr-ō)
Cimon (sī´mŏn)
Cincinnati (sĭn´sĭ-nȧt´ĭ)
Colorado (kŏl´ō̍-rä´dō)
Concord (kŏŋ´kẽrd)
Connecticut (kŏ-nĕt´ĭ-kŭt)
Constantinople (kŏn-stăn´tĭ-nō´p'l)
Cornwallis (kôrn-wŏl´ĭs)
Coronado (kō´rō̍-nä´thō)
Cortés (kō̍r-tās´)
Crèvecœur (krĕv´kûr´)
Danelagh (dān´lâ)
Darius (dȧ-rī´ŭs)
Dewey (dū´ĭ)
Diego (dē̍-ā´gō)
Dinwiddie (dĭn-wĭd´ĭ or dĭn´wĭd-ĭ)
Duluth (doo͝-loo͞th´)
Duquesne (doo͝-kān´)
Duryea (dṳr´yȧ)
Edison (ĕd´ĭ-sŭn)
El Caney (ĕl kä´nā)
Ericson (ĕr´ĭk-sȯn)
Ethelred (eth´ĕl-rĕd)
Eutaw Springs (ū´tô-)
Faneuil (fŭn´'l)
Fannin (făn´ĭn)
Farragut (făr´ȧ-gŭt)
Foch (fōsh)
Frontenac (frŏn´tē̍-năk or frôN´tẽ-nȧk´)
Gadsden (gădz´dĕn)
Gama, da (dä gä´mä)
Gaul (gôl)
Geneva (jē̍-nē´vȧ)
Genoa (jĕn´ō̍-ȧ)
Genoese (jĕn´ō̍-ēz´ or-ēs´)
Gettysburg (gĕt´ĭz-bûrg)
Ghent (gĕnt)
Gibault (zhē̍´bō´)
Goethals (gû´tălz´)
Goliad (gō´lĭ-ăd´)
Gooch (goo͞ch)
Gracchi (grăk´ī)
Guam (gwäm)
Guilford (gĭl´fẽrd)
Haiti (hā´tĭ)
Hannibal (hăn´ĭ-băl)
Hawaiian Islands (hä-wī´yăn)
Hennepin (hĕn´ē̍-pĭn)
Hercules (hër´kū-lēz)
Herkimer (hûr´kĭ-mẽr)
Hong-kong (hŏng´-kŏng´)
Horatius (hō-rā´shĭ-ŭs)
Houston (hūs´tŭn)
Huguenot (hū´gẽ-nŏt)
Iceland (īs´lănd)
Indianapolis (ĭn´dĭ-ăn-ăp´ō̍-lĭs)
Iroquois (ĭr´ō̍-kwoi´)
Isthmus (ĭs´mŭs)
Jamaica (jȧ-mā´kȧ)
Joliet (zhō̍´lyā´ or jō´lĭ-ĕt)
Jutes (joo͞tz)
Kanawha (kȧ-nô´wȧ)
Kaskaskia (kăs-kăs´kĭ-ȧ)
Kieft (kēft)
Labrador (lăb´rȧ-dôr´)
Lachine (lȧ-shēn´)
Lafayette, de (dẽ lä´fā̍-yĕt´)
La Salle, de (dẽ lȧ sȧl´)
Leiden (lī´dĕn)
Leif Ericson (līf ĕr´ĭk-sȯn)
Leonidas (lē̍-ŏn´ī-dȧs)
Lisbon (lĭz´bŭn)
Los Angeles (lōs ăŋ´gĕl-ĕs)
Louisburg (loo͞´ĭs-bûrg)
Luzerne (lū̍-zûrn´)
McClellan (mȧ-klĕl´ăn)
McCrea (mȧ-krā´)
Macdonough (mȧk-dŏn´ō)
Macedonia (măs´ē̍-dō´nĭ-ȧ)
McGregor (măk-grĕg´ẽr)
Mackinac (măk´ĭ-nô)
McKinley (mȧ-kĭn´lĭ)
Magellan (mȧ-jĕl´ăn)
Magna Charta (măg´nă kär´tă)
Manila (mȧ-nĭl´ȧ)
Manitou (măn´ĭ-too͞)
Marathon (măr´ȧ-thŏn)
Marianas (Ladrones) (mä´rē̍-ä´näs, lȧ-drōnz´)
Marne (märn)
Marquette (mär´kĕt´)
Massachusetts (măs´ȧ-choo͞´sĕts)
Massasoit (măs´ȧ-soit´)
Matagorda (măt´ȧ-gôr´dȧ)
Maumee (mô-mē´)
Mediterranean (mĕd´ĭ-tẽr-ā´nē̍-ăn)
Memphis (mĕm´fĭs)
Merrimac (mĕr´ĭ-măk)
Milan (mĭl´ăn)
Minneapolis (mĭn´ē̍-ăp´ō̍-lĭs)
Minuit (mĭn´ū̍-ĭt)
Missouri (mĭ-soo͞´rĭ)
Mobile (mō̍-bēl´)
Monmouth (mŏn´mŭth)
Monongahela (mō̍-nŏŋ´gȧ-hē´lȧ)
Montcalm (mŏnt-käm´)
Monterey (mŏn´tĕ-rā´)
Montezuma (mŏn´tē̍-zoo͞´mȧ)
Monticello (mŏn´tē̍-sĕl´ō)
Montpelier (mŏnt-pē´lĭ-ẽr)
Moultrie (mōl´trĭ or moo͞´trĭ)
Munich (mū´nĭk)
Muybridge (moi´brĭj)
Nassau (năs´ô)
Natchez (năch´ĕz)
Newfoundland (nū´fŭnd-lănd´)
New Orleans (nū ôr´lē̍-ănz)
Nez Percé (nā pẽr-sā´)
Niagara (nī-ăg´ȧ-rȧ)
Ninevah (nĭn´ē̍-vĕ)
Nolichucky (nŏl´ĭ-chŭk´ĭ)
Normandy (nôr´măn-dĭ)
Oberlin (ō´bẽr-lĭn)
Oglethorpe (ō´g'l-thôrp)
Oneida (ō̍-nī´dȧ)
Oregon (ŏr´ē̍-gŏn)
Orinoco (ō´rĭ-nō´kō)
Oriskany (ō̍-rĭs´kȧ-nĭ)
Palos (pä´lōs)
Panama (păn´ȧ-mä´)
Patagonia (păt´ȧ-gō´nĭ-ȧ)
Penobscot (pē̍-nŏb´skŏt)
Pensacola (pĕn´sȧ-kō´lȧ)
Pericles (pĕr´ĭ-klēz)
Peru (pē̍-roo͞´)
Philadelphia (fĭl´ȧ-dĕl´fĭ-ȧ)
Philippine Islands (fĭl´ĭ-pĭn-or-pēn-)
Phoenician (fē̍-nĭsh´ăn)
Pinzón (pēn-thōn´)
Pisa (pē´sä)
Pizarro (pĭ-zär´rō or pē̍-thär´rō)
Platte (plăt)
Pocahontas (pō´kȧ-hŏn´tȧs)
Porto Rico (pōr´tō rē´kō)
Portugal (pōr´tū̍͜-găl)
Portuguese (pō̍r´tū̍͜-gēz)
Potomac (pō̍-tō´măk)
Poughkeepsie (pō̍-kĭp´sĭ)
Powhatan (pou´hȧ-tăn´)
Raleigh (rô´lĭ)
Rameses (răm´ē̍-sēz)
Rapidan (răp´ĭ-dăn´)
Rappahannock (răp´ȧ-hăn´ŭk)
Raritan (răr´ĭ-tăn)
Remus (rē´mŭs)
Richelieu (rē´shẽ-loo͞´)
Rio Grande (rē´ō grän´dā)
Roanoke (rō´ȧ-nōk´)
Rochambeau, de (dẽ rō̍´shäN´bō´)
Rochelle (rō̍-shĕl´)
Romulus (rŏm´ū-lŭs)
Roosevelt (rō´zẽ-vĕlt)
Rosecrans (rō´zē̍-krănz)
Sacramento (săk´rȧ-mĕn´tō)
St. Louis (sā̍nt loo͞´ĭs or-loo͞´ĭ)
St. Mihiel (săN´mē´yel´)
Samoset (săm´ō̍-sĕt or sȧ-mŏs´-ĕt)
San Diego (săn dē̍-ā´gō)
San Francisco (săn frăn-sĭs´kō)
Sangamon (săŋ´gȧ-mŏn)
San Jacinto (săn jȧ-sĭn´tō)
San Joaquin (săn wä-kēn´)
San Juan (săn hwän´)
San Salvador (sän säl´vȧ-dōr´)
Santa Ana (sän´tä ä´nä)
Santa Maria (sän´tȧ mȧ-rē´ȧ)
Santiago (sän´tē̍-ä´gō)
Savannah (sȧ-văn´ȧ)
Schenectady (skĕ-nĕk´tȧ-dĭ)
Schley (slī)
Schuyler (skī´lẽr)
Schuylkill (skoo͞l´kĭl)
Seattle (sē̍-ăt´'l)
Seminole (sĕm´ĭ-nōl)
Senlac (sĕn´lăk)
Serapis (sē̍-rā´pĭs)
Sevier (sē̍-vēr´)
Shafter (shȧf´tẽr)
Shawnee (shô´nē´)
Shenandoah (shĕn´ăn-dō´ȧ)
Sierra Nevada (sĭ-ĕr´ȧ nē̍-vä´dȧ)
Sioux (soo͞)
Sloat (slōt)
Socrates (sŏk´rȧ-tēz)
Solway Firth (sŏl´wā-)
Spokane (spō´kăn´)
Spottsylvania (spŏt´sĭl-vā´nĭ-ȧ)
Steuben, von (fō̍n stū´bĕn)
Stuyvesant (stī´vĕ-sănt)
Tallapoosa (tăl´ȧ-poo͞´sȧ)
Tecumseh (tē̍-kŭm´sĕ)
Terre Haute (tĕr´ẽ hōt´)
Teutons (tū´tŏnz)
Thames (thāmz)
Thorvald (tôr´väld)
Ticonderoga (tī-kŏn´dẽr-ō´gȧ)
Tippecanoe (tĭp´ē̍-kȧ-noo͞´)
Ulysses (ū̍-lĭs´ēz)
Valparaiso (văl´pȧ-rī´sō)
Vancouver (văn-koo͞´vẽr)
Van Rensselaer (văn rĕn´sẽ-lẽr)
Venezuela (vĕn´ē̍-zwē´lȧ)
Venice (vĕn´ĭs)
Vergil (vûr´jĭl)
Vespucci, Amerigo (ä´mā̍-rē´gō vĕs-poo͞t´chē)
Vikings (vī´kingz)
Villa (vē´yȧ)
Vincennes (vĭn-sĕnz´)
Walla Walla (wŏl´ȧ wŏl´ȧ)
Watauga (wȧ-tô´gȧ)
Weehawken (wē-hô´kĕn)
Westminster (wĕst´mĭn-stẽr)
Windsor (wĭn´zẽr)
Xerxes (zûrk´zēz)
Zuñi (zoo͞´nyē̍)