Act 5 — PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
Reading edition
Note.—The pronunciation of difficult words is indicated by respelling them phonetically. N is used to indicate the French nasal sound; K sound of ch in German; ü the sound of the German ü and French u; ö the sound of ö in foreign languages.
Aboukir, ah boo keer´
Achilles, a kil´ leez
Acis, ay´ sis
Aix, ayx
Ajax Telamon, ay´ jacks tel´ a mon
Alamo, al´ a mo
Alameda, ah la may´ dah
Alava, ah´ la vah
Algiers, al jeerz´
Algonquin, al gon´ kwin
Allouez, al loo ay´
Alonso, a lon´ zo
Alpuxarras, ahl´´ poo hahr´ ras
Alvarado, ahl vah rah´ do
Antigua, an tee´ gwa
Aphrodite, af ro di´ tee
Ardennes, ahr den´
Argonauta, ahr go naw´ tah
Ariel, ay´ ry el
Ayacanora, i a kahn o´ rah
Boabdil, bo ahb deel´
Cadiz, kay´ diz
Canova, kah no´ vah
Casabianca, kas´´ a bee an´ kah
Charlevoix, shahr´´ lev wah´
Charybdis, ka rib´ dis
Coligni, ko´´ leen´´ yee´, or ko leen´ yee
Communipaw, kom mun´ y paw
Coriolanus, kor y o lay´ nus
Coromantees, ko ro mahn´ teez
Cundinamarca, koon´´ dee nam ahr´ kah
Damfreville, doN freh veel´
D’Aumale, do mahl´
Demaratus, de mar´ a tus
Dent Blanche, doN bloN´ sh
Diaz, dee´ ahs, or dee´ ath
Diogenes, di oj´ ee neez
Discobolus, dis kob´ o lus
Elia, ee´ ly a
Ephialtes, ef y al´ teez
Euryalus, u ri´ a lus
Ferrol, fer role´
Finisterre, fin´´ is tayr´
Fliedner, fleet´ ner
Frontenac, fron´ te nak
Galatea, gal a tee´ a
Ghent, gent
Gonzales, gon zah´ leez
Gonzalo, gon zah´ lo
Granada, gran ah´ dah
Grève, grayv´
Hernando Cortes, her nahn´ do kor tays´
Hervé Riel, her vay´´ ree el´
Ivry, eev ree´
Joliet, zho lee yay´
Kikabeaux, kee ka bo´
Koran, ko´ ran, or ko rahn´
La Chine, lah sheen´
Leigh, Amyas, lee, a mi´ as
Leonidas, lee on´ y das
Lethe, lee´ thee
Lochiel, lo keel´
Louvre, loo´ vr´
Maelstrom, mayl´ strum
Malouins, mah loo aN´
Marco Bozzaris, mahr´ ko bo tsa´ rees, popularly bo zar´ is
Mayenne, mi en´
Megistias, me gis´ ty as
Miamis, mi ah´ miz
Michillimackinac, mee´´ shil y mack´ in ak
Miguel, mee gayl´
Milan, mil´ an, or mil an´
Mycenae, mi see´ nee
Nacogdoches, nak o do´ chez
Navarre, nah vahr´
Nombre de Dios, nom´ bray day de os´
Nyack, ni´ ak
Œta, ee´ ta
Olmedo, ol may´ do
Orchomenus, or kom´ ee nus
Ordaz, or dath´
Pedrillo, pay dreel´ yo
Peloponnesus, pel´´ o pon nee´ sus
Pere Marquette, payr mar ket´
Phoenicians, fee nish´ anz
Picardy, pik´ ar dy
Pizarro, pee zahr´ ro
Platæa, pla tee´ a
Plutarch, plu´ tark
Prospero, pros´ pe ro
Pueblo Nueva, pweb´ lah nuay´ va
Rochefort, rosh for´
St. Généviève, saN zhen´´ vy ayv´
Salto de Alvarado, sahl´´ to day ahl vah rah´ do
San Antonio de Bexar, day bay hahr´
Sandoval, sahn do vahl´
San Jacinto, san ja sin´ to
Santa Fé, san´´ ta fay´
Sault Sainte Marie, soo saint may´ ry
Scylla, sil´ la
Seguin, se geen´
Stuyvesant, sti´ ves sant
Taladega, tah lah day´ ga
Tegea, tee´ gee a
Temeraire, tem e rayr´
Thermopylae, thur mop´ y lee
Tlascalans, tlahs kah´ lahns
Tourville, toor veel´
Trafalgar, traf al gahr´ or tra fal´ gar
Tyrolese, tir ol ees´
Vigo, vee´ go
Villeneuve, veel neuv´
Wilhelmus Kieft, vil hel´ mus keeft´
Xenil, hay´ neel
Xerxes, zurks´ eez
Transcriber’s Note
The following typographical errors have been corrected.
Page Error
36 bring them to me? changed to bring them to me?’
310 dreadful ery changed to dreadful cry
336 Footnote 6 was skipped in numbering the footnotes in this section.
379 his fortune changed to his fortunes
391 The marker for footnote 391-115 was missing in the original book. It was inserted based on context.
430 Aside to changed to Aside to
430 Sebas. [Aside changed to Sebas. [Aside
431 The phoenix was changed to The phœnix was
478 cherubim changed to cherubim
490 Demartus changed to Demaratus
491 Plataea was changed to Platæa
Other notes
180 Footnote for 180-3 was printed on 181
340 Footnotes 340-14 and 340-15 were printed on 341
413 Footnote 413-18 was originally printed on 414
440 Footnote 440-28 was originally printed on 441
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation:
bowsprit / bow-sprit Cæsars / Caesars Cortés / Cortes Fe / Fé Hardkoppig / Hard-Koppig hillside / hill-side lifelong / life-long misshapen / mis-shapen Moskoestrom / Moskoe-strom negroes / Negroes Père / Pere Schermerhorns / Schermerhornes southwest / south-west spiérs / spiers Thermopylæ / Thermopylae thunderbolt / thunder-bolt thunderbolts / thunderbolts topmast / top-mast upstaring / up-staring waterside / water-side