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