PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS
Reading edition
The Diacritical Marks given are those found in the latest edition of Webster's International Dictionary.
EXPLANATION OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.
A Dash (¯) above the vowel denotes the long sound, as in fāte, ēve, tīme, nōte, ūse.
A Dash and a Dot (-̇) above the vowel denote the same sound, less prolonged.
A Curve (˘) above the vowel denotes the short sound, as in ădd, ĕnd, ĭll, ŏdd, ŭp.
A Dot ( ̇) above the vowel a denotes the obscure sound of a in pȧst, ȧbāte, Amĕricȧ.
A Double Dot (¨) above the vowel a denotes the broad sound of a in fäther, älms.
A Double Dot (..) below the vowel a denotes the sound of a in ba̤ll.
A Wave (~) above the vowel e denotes the sound of e in hẽr.
A Circumflex Accent (^) above the vowel o denotes the sound of o in bôrn.
A dot (.) below the vowel u denotes the sound of u in the French language.
N indicates that the preceding vowel has the French nasal tone.
G and K denote the guttural sound of ch in the German language.
th denotes the sound of th in the, this.
ç sounds like s.
c̵ sounds like k.
ṣ̱ sounds like z.
ḡ is hard as in ḡet.
ġ is soft as in ġem.
Amiens (ä-mĕ-ăN').
Andreas (än-drā'äs).
Anne (ăn).
Anthony (ăn'tō-nĭ).
Antwerp (ănt'wērp).
Arimathea (Ărĭmȧthē´ȧ).
Assisi (ä-sē'sē).
Astolat (ăs'tṓ-lăt).
Athens (ăth'ĕnz).
Bedloe (bĕd'lō).
Belgium (bĕl'jĭ-ŭm).
Bentivoglio (bĕn-tē-vōl'yō).
Bethesda (bĕ-thĕz'dȧ).
Bethlehem (Bĕth'lēhĕm).
Biographie Nationale (bḗ-ṓ-grä-fē' nä-sḗ-ṓ-näl').
Blackfriars (blăk'frī-ẽrz).
Bologna (bō-lōn'yȧ).
Bristol (brĭs'to̯l).
Brussels (brŭs'ĕlz).
Buckingham (bŭk'ĭng-ȧm).
Cæsar (sē'zȧr).
Calvary (kăl'vȧ-rĭ).
Carmine (kär'mē-nā).
Cavaliers (kăv-ȧ-lērz').
Caxton (kăks'tŭn).
Cecilia (sē-sĭl-ĭ-á).
Colyns de Nole (kṓ-lăŃ dẽ nōl).
Constantine (kŏn'stȧn-tīn).
Cromwell (Crŏm'wĕll).
Crowe (krō).
Cupid (Cū'pĭd).
Cust, Lionel (kŭst lī'ō-nĕl).
Dædalus (dĕd'ȧ-lŭs or dē'dȧ-lŭs).
Digby (dĭg'bĭ).
D'Israeli (dĭz-rā'lĭ).
Doyle (doil).
Dresden (drĕz'de̯n).
Edgehill (ĕj'hĭl).
Egypt (ē'jĭpt).
Elizabeth (ḗ-lĭz'ȧ-bĕth).
Ephesians (ē-fē'zhȧnz).
Eugenia (ū-jē'nĭ-ȧ).
Flanders (flăn'dẽrz).
Florence (Flôr'ĕnce).
Fortunatus (Fôrtūnā'tŭs).
Franciscan (frăn sĭs'kȧn).
frère (frăr).
Fromentin (frṓ-mŏN-tăN').
Galilee (găl'ĭ-lē).
Genoa (jĕn'ō-ȧ).
Hampton (hămp'to̯n).
Heirkte (hīrk'tē).
Henrietta Maria (Hĕnrĭĕt'tȧ Mȧrī'ȧ).
Herod (Hĕr'o̯d).
Honi soit qui mal y pense (ŏn-ē' swä kē mäl ē päNs).
Hudson, Geoffrey (hŭd'so̯n jĕf'frī ).
Icaria (ī-kā'rĭ-ȧ).
Icarus (ĭk'á-rŭs).
Italy (ĭt'ȧ-lĭ).
Jacques (zhäk).
Jameson (jā'mĕ-sŭn).
Jerusalem (Jĕrū'sȧlĕm).
Joses (jō'sēz).
Judæa (jū̇ dē̇'ȧ).
Knackfuss (knäk'fs).
Kugler (kōōg'lẽr).
Laud (la̤d).
Lely (lē'lĭ).
Lennox (Lĕn'no̯x).
Louvre (l'vr).
Lübke (lụb'ke̯).
Macaulay (mȧ-ka̤'lĭ).
Madonna (Mȧdŏn'nȧ).
Magdalene (Măg'dā̇-lē̇n).
Masaccio (mä-sät'chō).
Médicis, Marie de (mä-rē' dẽ mā̇-dḗ-sēs').
Metamorphoses (Mĕtȧmôr'phōsēs̱).
Michelangelo (mē-kĕl-än'jā̇-lō).
Minos (Mī'nŏs).
Naseby (nāz'bĭ).
Netherlands (nĕth'ẽr-lȧndz).
Newcastle (nū'kȧsl).
Nicodemus (nĭk-ō-dē'mŭs).
Nood Godes (nōt gō'dĕs).
Notre Dame (nō'tr däm).
Ober-Ammergau (ō'bẽr ām'mẽrgow).
Ovid (ŏv'ĭd).
Padua (Păd'ūȧ).
Palatine (păl'ȧ-tīn).
Palermo (Pȧlẽr'mō).
Paradise (Păr'ȧdīse).
Parliamentarians (pär-lĭ-mĕn-tā'rī-ȧnz).
Pellegrino, Monte (mōn'tā̇ pĕl-lā̇-grē'-nō).
Pesaro (pā-sä'rō).
Peveril (Pĕv'e̯rĭl).
Phillips, Claude (kla̤d fil'ĭps).
Pietà (pē̇ ā̇ tä').
Plantin (pläN-tăN).
Pontius Pilate (pŏn'shĭ-ŭs pī'lā̇t).
Portuguese (pōr'tū-gēz).
Puritans (pū'rĭ-tȧnz).
Raphael (rä'fā-ĕl).
Reynolds (rĕn'o̯lz).
Richardot, Jean Grusset (zhäN grụs-sā' rē-shär-dō').
Richmond (Rĭch'mo̯nd).
Rosalia (rō-zā'lĭ-ȧ).
Rubens (r'bĕnz).
Rupert (r'pe̯rt).
Ruthven (Rūth'vĕn).
Samothrace (săm'ṓ-thrās).
Scone (skn).
Sheffield (shĕf'ēld).
Sicilians (sĭ-sĭl'ĭ-ȧnz or sĭ-sĭl'yȧnz).
Sicily (sĭs'ĭ-lĭ).
Strickland (Strĭck'lȧnd).
Stuart (Stū'ȧrt).
Thames (tĕmz).
Titian (tĭsh'ȧn).
Toulouse (t-lz').
Tours (tr).
Vän Bälĕn.
Van der Geest (vän dār gāst).
Van Dyck (văn dīk).
Vatican (văt'ĭ kȧn).
Vaughn (va̤n).
Venetian (vḗ-nē'shȧn).
von Ranke (fṓn rän'ke̯).
Wake (wāk).
Wandesford, Rowland (wŏnz'fo̯rd rō'lȧnd).
Warwick (wa̤r'ĭk).
Wentworth (Wĕnt'wo̯rth).
Wharton (Wha̤r'to̯n).
Winchendon (Wĭn'chĕndo̯n).
Windsor (wĭn'zo̯r).
Woerman (wr'män).
Woltman (Wŏlt'män).
Zebedee (Zĕb'ĕdēē).
Zeus (zūs).