Note.—The pronunciation of difficult words is indicated by respelling them phonetically. N is used to indicate the French nasal sound; K, the sound of ch in German; Ü, the sound of the German Ü, and French u; Ö, the sound of Ö in foreign languages.

• ActÆon, ak tee´ on
• Æneas Sylvius, ee nee´ as sil´ vy us
• Alleghanies, al´´ le gay´ niz
• Æschylus, es´ ky lus
• Amadis, am´ a dis
• Babieca, ba be ay´ ka
• Benoit, ben wah´
• Bose, bo´ zeh
• Briareus, bri a´ re us
• Bucephalus, bu sef´ a lus
• Casa Guidi, kah´ sa gwee´ dee
• Cervantes, Saavedra, Miguel de, sur van´ teez, sah ved´ ra, mee gayl´ deh
• Chingachgook, chin gahk´ gook
• Choteau, sho to´
• Christiern, Kris´ tee urn
• ClavileÑo, klah ve lay´ nyo
• Don Quixote, don kwiks´ oat, (Sp.) don´´ kee ho´ tay
• Du Chaillu, dÜ shay lÜ´
• Hotel des Invalides, o tel´ day zaN´´ va´´ leed´
• Mambrino, mam bree´ no
• Martino, mar tee´ no
• Michael Arout, (Fr.) mee shel´ ah roo´
• Mohicans, mo hee´ kanz
• Montcalm, mont cahm´
• Ngobi, ngo´ bi
• Olaus Magnus, o lay´ us mag´ nus
• Oran, o rahn´
• OrphÉon, or fay oN´
• Para, pah rah´
• Paracelsus, par a sel´ sus
• Phaethon, fay´ eh thon
• Pleiades, plee´ ya deez
• Potosi, po to see´
• Prairie du Chien, pray´ ree doo sheen´
• Ptolemy, tol´ e my
• Quashquamme, quash guah´ me
• Quesada, kee sah´ da
• Rocinante, ro´´ see nahn´ tay
• Roderich vich Alpine, rod´ rick vick al´ pine
• St. Germain, saN zher´´ maN´
• Sancho Panza, sang´ ko pan´ za, (Sp.) sahn´ cha pahn´ tha
• Sioux, soo
• Souvestre, Emile, soo´´ vestr´, ay meel´
• TÊte Rouge, tate roozh
• Thoreau, tho´ ro, or tho ro´
• Versailles, vur saylz´
• Willamette, wil ah´ met
• Xenil, hay´ neel