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This list is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names .
List
Place
Pronunciation
Note
Respelling
IPA
Aberdeen, Washington
AB -ər-deen
Also the city in Maryland
Abiquiú, New Mexico
AB -ə-kew
Acequia, Idaho
ə-SEE -kwə
Achilles, Kansas
ə-KIL -iss
Advance, North Carolina
AD -vanss
Also the place in Missouri
Alachua, Florida
ə-LATCH -oo-ay
Albany, Georgia
awl-BAY -nee, -BEN -ee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
AL -bə-kur-kee
Aloha, Oregon
ə-LOH -ə
Amherst, Massachusetts
AM -ərst
Arab, Alabama
AY -rab
Also the place in Missouri
Arkansas
AR -kən-saw
Arkansas City, Kansas
ar-KAN -zəss
Arkansas River
ar-KAN -zəss
[ 1]
Arriba, Colorado
ARR -ib-ə
Armada, Michigan
AR -may-də
Athens, Kentucky
AY -thənz
Also the places in Illinois and Vermont
Au Sable River, Michigan
aw SAY -bəl, ow
Austwell, Texas
AWSS -wel
Avon, New York
AV -on
Ayer, Massachusetts
AY -ər
Bahama, North Carolina
bə-HAY -mə
Balmorhea, Texas
BAL -mər-AY
Bangor, Maine
BANG -gor
Banquete, Texas
bang-KET -ee
Baraga, Michigan
BAIR -ə-gə
Barre, Vermont
BARR -ee , like Barry
Beatrice, Alabama
bee-AT -riss
Also the place in Nebraska
Beatty, Nevada
BAY -tee
Beaufort, South Carolina
BEW -fərt
Bedias, Texas
BEE -dysse
Belen, New Mexico
bə-LIN
Bellefontaine, Ohio
bel-FOWN -tin
Belle Fourche River
bel FOOSH
Benld, Illinois
bə-NELD
Bergen, New York
BUR -jən
Berlin
BUR -lin
Name of multiple places
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
BETH -ləm
[ 2]
Bexar County, Texas
BAY -ər or like bear
Billerica, Massachusetts
bel-RIK -ə
Biloxi, Mississippi
bil-UK -see
Bingen, Washington
BIN -jən
Biscay, Minnesota
BISS -kee
Boca Raton, Florida
BOH -kə rə-TOHN
Boerne, Texas
BUR -nee
Bogata, Texas
bə-GOH -tə
Bogota, New Jersey
bə-GOH -tə
Bois D'Arc, Missouri
BOH dark
Boise, Idaho
BOY -see, -zee
in Idaho; elsewhere [citation needed ]
Boise City, Oklahoma
like Boyce
[ 3] [ n 1]
Bolivar, Missouri
BOL -iv-ər
Name of multiple places[ n 2]
Bolivar Township, Indiana
BOL -iv-ər
Bosque County, Texas
BOSS -kee
Bossier City, Louisiana
BOH -zhər
Bowie, Maryland
BOO -ee
Also the place in Texas
Buena, New Jersey
BEW -nə
Buena, Washington
BEW -en-ə
Buena Vista, Colorado
BEW -nə-VISS -tə
Name of multiple places
Buck Creek, Indiana
BUK -rik
Buddha, Indiana
BOO -dee
Buhl, Idaho
bewl
Bulverde, Texas
buul-VUR -dee
Burgundy Street, New Orleans , Louisiana
bər-GUN -dee
Burien, Washington
BURE -ee-ən
Burnet, Texas
BUR -nit
Burthe Street, New Orleans , Louisiana
bewth
Cairo, Georgia
KAY -roh
Also the place in Mississippi
Cairo, Illinois
KAIR -oh
Also the places in New York and Ohio
Cahuenga Pass
kə-WENG -gə
Calais, Maine
KAL -iss
[ n 3]
Also the place in Vermont
Calliope Street, New Orleans , Louisiana
KAL -ee-ohp
Camano Island
kə-MAY -noh
Canaan Valley
kə-NAYN
Casa Grande, Arizona
KASS -ə GRAND
KASS -ə GRAN -dee
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
kam-PIL
Canajoharie, New York
KAN -ə-jə-HAIR -ee
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Canyon de SHAY
Castile, New York
koss-TYLE
Cathlamet, Washington
kəth-LAM -ət
Celina, Texas
sil-EYE -nə
Chartres Street, New Orleans , Louisiana
like charter
Charlevoix, Michigan
SHAR -lə-voy
Charlotte, Vermont
shar-LOT
Also the place in New York
Chatham, Massachusetts
CHAT -əm
Also the places in New York and New Jersey
Chauncey, Ohio
CHAN -see
Cheesequake, New Jersey
like "chess quick"
[ 4]
Chehalis River, Washington
shə-HAY -liss
Chelan County, Washington
shil-AN
Cheyenne, Wyoming
shy-AN
Cherryville, North Carolina
CHUR -vil
Chewelah, Washington
chih-WIL -ə
Chicago
shik-AH -goh
Chickasha, Oklahoma
CHIK -ə-shay
Chili, New York
CHY -ly
[ 5]
Also the place in Indiana
Clatskanie, Oregon
KLAT -skə-ny
Clinton, South Carolina
KLIN -ən
Coahoma, Mississippi
kə-HOH -mə
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
KOR də-LAYN
Concord, New Hampshire
KONK -ərd
Also the place in Massachusetts
Conneaut, Ohio
KON -ee-awt
Conneautville, Pennsylvania
KON -ee-awt
Conetoe, North Carolina
kə-NEE -tə
Connecticut
kə-NET -ik-ət
Copalis Beach, Washington
koh-PAY -liss
Copiague, New York
koh-PAYG
Coquille, Oregon
koh-KEEL
Cordele, Georgia
kor-DEEL
Cordele, Texas
kor-DEL
Cotulla, Texas
kə-TEW -lə
Coupland, Texas
like Copeland
Courtois Creek
KOH -tə-way
Coventry, Connecticut
KOV -ən-tree
Also the place in Rhode Island
Coxsackie, New York
kuuk-SAK -ee
Creve Coeur, Missouri
KREEV KOOR
Cudahy, California
KUD -ə-h(a)y, KOO -də-
Dalton, Ohio
DAL -tən
Damariscotta, Maine
dam-riss-KOT -ə
Darien, Connecticut
DAIR -ee-AN
Delhi, California
DEL -hy
Name of multiple places
Del Norte County, California and Del Norte, Colorado
del NORT
Demonbreun Street, Nashville, Tennessee
də-MON -bree-in
[ 6]
Dequindre Cut , Detroit , Michigan
duu-KWIN -duurr
Des Moines, Iowa
dih MOYN
Des Moines, Washington
dih MOYNZ
Deschutes River, Oregon
dish-OOTS
Duarte, California
DWOR -tee
DuBois, Pennsylvania
doo-BOYZ , -BOYSS , -BWAH
[ n 4]
Dubois County, Indiana
doo-BOYZ , -BOYSS
[ n 4]
Duenweg, Missouri
dun-ə-WEG
Duffau, Texas
də-FOH
Dungeness River
DUN -jin-iss
[ n 5]
Eau Claire, Michigan
aw-KLAIR
[ n 6]
El Dorado, Arkansas
EL -də-RAY -doh
Multiple placenames
El Dorado Springs, Missouri
EL -də-RAY -doh
Elbe, Washington
EL -bee
Elizabethton
il-IZ -ə-BEE -thən , like Elizabethan
Elkhart
EL -kart
Name of multiple places
Elyria, Ohio
ə-LEER -ee-ə
Embarras River, Illinois
AM -braw
Ephrata, Washington
ee-FRAY -tə
[ n 7]
Estacada, Oregon
ESS -tə-KAY -də
Faneuil Hall, Boston
FAN -(ee)-əl
Floydada, Texas
floy-DAY -də
Forked River, New Jersey
FOR -kid
Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh
dew-KAYN
Fremont, California
FREE -mont
Freret, New Orleans
fər-ET
Fries, Virginia
FREEZ , like ‘freeze’
Galice, Oregon
gə-LEESS
Gallipolis, Ohio
GAL -ə-pə-LEESS
Galveston, Indiana
gal-VESS -tən
[ n 8]
Geauga County, Ohio
jee-AW -gə
Genoa, New York
jen-OH -ə
Ghent, Ohio
JENT
Gloucester County, New Jersey
GLAW -stər
[ n 9]
Name of multiple places
Gnadenhutten, Ohio
jə-NAY -dən-HUT -ən
Gogebic County, Michigan
goh-GHEE -bik
Greenwich, Connecticut
GREN -itch
[ n 10]
Greenwich Village
GREN -itch
Gruene, New Braunfels, Texas
like ‘green’
Harlingen, Texas
HAR -lin-jən
[ n 11]
Haverhill, Massachusetts
HAY -vər-il
Havre, Montana
HAV -ər
Havre de Grace, Maryland
HAV -ər də GRAYSS
Helena, Alabama
hə-LEE -nə
Hereford, Texas
HUR -fərd
Also a place in Pennsylvania
Hindman, Kentucky
HIM -ən
[ n 12]
Hochheim, Texas
HOH -hyme
Hockessin, Delaware
HOH -kess-in
Holcomb, Missouri
HAW -kəm
Houston, Delaware
HOW -stən
Also places in Georgia and Ohio, and the New York City street
Houston, Texas
HEW -stən, YOO -
[ n 13]
Houston Street, New York City
HOW -stən
Hualapai
WOL -ə-py
Huger, South Carolina
HEW -jee, YOO -
Humble, Texas
UM -bəl
Hurricane, Utah
HUR -ik-ən
[ n 14] [ n 15]
Also places in Mississippi and West Virginia
Illinois
IL -in-OY
Ilwaco
il-WAH -koh
[ n 16]
Inez, Kentucky
AN -eez , like ‘Annie’s’
[ n 17]
Iowa, Louisiana
EYE -ə-way
Iraan, Texas
EYE -rə-AN
Ironton
ARN -tən
Ischua
ISH -way
Isla Vista
EYE -lə VISS -tə
Iselin
IZ -lən
Isle au Haut
EYE -lə-hoh
Islip
EYESS -lip
Italy, Texas
IT -lee
[ n 18]
Jourdanton, Texas
JUR -dən-tən
Juab County
JOO -ab
Julian, Pennsylvania
joo-lee-AN
Kalaloch
KLAY -lok
Kamay, Texas
KAY -may
Kamela, Oregon
kə-MEE -lə
Kamiah
KAM -ee-eye
Kearney
KAR -nee
Various places
Keechelus Lake
KETCH -əl-əss
Keuka Lake
KEW -kə
Keweenaw County
KEE -win-aw
Kissimmee
kiss-IM -ee
Kleberg County, Texas
KLAY -burg
Kosciusko
koz-ee-ESS -koh
Kosciusko County
koss-ee-OSS -koh
Kountze, Texas
KOONTS
Kure Beach
KURE -ee
La Fayette
lə-F(A)Y -ət
La Grande
lə GRAND
La Jolla
lə HOY -ə
Lac Courte Oreilles
lə-KOO -tə-RAY
Lafayette
LA(H)F -ee-ET
La Plata
lə PLAY -tə
Lake Orion
ORR -ee-ən
Also other places named "Orion"
Lake Oswego
oss-WEE -goh
Lake Pend Oreille
pon-də-RAY
Lalor Street, Trenton
LAW -lər
Lamesa, Texas
lə-MEE -sə
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
LANG -kih-stər
Lapwai
LAP -wy
Latah
LAY -tah
Also Latah County
Leakey
LAY -kee
Lebam
lə-BAM
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
LEB -(ə)n-ən
,
Also the city in New Hampshire
Leicester, Massachusetts
like Lester
[ n 19]
Leicester, Vermont
LY -stər
Lemhi County
LEM -hy
Lemoore
lə-MOR
Colloquial pronunciation
LEE -mor
Official pronunciation
Leominster
LEM -in-stər
Levy, South Carolina
LEE -vee
Lewes
LEW -iss
Lima
LY -mə
Limon, Colorado
LY -mən
Livernois Avenue , Detroit
liv-uurr-NOY
Lodi
LOH -dy
Lompoc
LOM -pohk
Los Angeles
loss AN -jəl-əss
Louisville
LOO -iss-vil
Most places besides the one in Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
LUV -əl
LOO -ə-vəl
Lowville, New York
LOW -vil
Mabank
MAY -bank
Mackinac Island
MAK -in-aw
Madras, Oregon
MAD -rəss
Madrid, Alabama
MAD -rid
Name of various places
Malad River
mə-LAD
Malheur River
MAL -hure
Manchaca, Texas
MAN -shak
Manor, Texas
MAY -nər
Mantua, Utah
MAN -ə-way
Marathon, Texas
MAIR -ə-thən
Marquam
MAR -kəm
Marquez, Texas
mar-KAY
Marseilles, Illinois
mar-SAYLZ
Also a place in Ohio
Martinez, Georgia
mar-tin-EZ
Maryland
MARR -il-ənd
[ n 20]
Mattapan
mat-ə-PAN
Maury County
MUR -ee
Mazatzal Mountains
mat-ə-ZEL
McGaheysville, Virginia
mə-GAK -eez-vil
Meagher County, Montana
MAR
Mebane, North Carolina
MEB -ən
Medina, Ohio
mid-EYE -nə
Also places in Washington and New York
Melpomene Street, New Orleans , Louisiana
MEL -pəm-een
Mentor, Ohio
MEN -(t)ər
Mesa, Washington
MEE -sə
Methow
MET -ow
Mexia, Texas
mə-HAY -ə
Miami, Oklahoma
my-AM -ə
[ n 21]
Also a place in Texas
Micanopy
MIK -ə-NOH -pee
Michigan
MISH -ig-ən
Milan, Illinois
MY -lən
Name of multiple places
Minam, Oregon
MY -nəm
Minot, North Dakota
MY -not
Missouri
miz-UR -ee
Mobile, Alabama
moh-BEEL
Mogollon Rim
mug-ih-YOHN
Monson, Massachusetts
MUN -sən
Montague, Texas
MON -tag
Montpelier, Vermont
mont-PEE -lee-ər
[ n 22]
Pronunciation used for the other places with this name
Montpelier, Virginia
mont-pə-LEER
Moscow, Idaho
MOSS -koh
[ n 23]
Also a place in Tennessee
Mount Desert Island
diz-URT
[ n 24]
Munday, Texas
MUN -dee
Mulino, Oregon
mə-LYNE -oh
Mukilteo
MUK -əl-TEE -oh
Muskegon
mə-SKEE -gən
Nacogdoches
NAK -ə-DOH -chiss
Nahant
nə-HAHNT
Nahma Township
NAY -mə
Naselle
nay-SEL
Natchitoches
NAK -ih-təsh
Nederland, Texas
NEE -dər-lənd
Nehalem
nee-HAY -ləm
Nenana River
nee-NAN -ə
Neodesha
nee-OH -də-shay
Nespelem
ness-PEE -ləm
Netarts
NEE -tarts
Nevada (state)
niv-AD -ə
[ n 25]
Nevada (cities)
niv-AY -də
Nevada County
niv-AY -də
Newark, Ohio
NURK
[ n 26]
New Athens
New AY -thənz
Name of multiple places
New Berlin
New BUR -lin
Name of multiple places
New Orleans
new OR -linz
[ n 27]
New Madrid, Missouri
New MAD -rid
New Prague, Minnesota
New PRAYG
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
New trih-POH -lee
Noel, Missouri
NOHL
Norfolk, Nebraska
NOR -fork
Norfolk, Virginia
NOR -fuuk
[ n 28]
Ochelata
oh-shə-LAY -tə
Ochiltree County
OK -əl-tree
Ojai
OH -hy
As per the Spanish
Olathe
oh-LAY -thə
Olean
OH -lee-ann
Ontonagon River
ON -tə-NAH -gən
Orcas Island
OR -kəss
Ouray
YOOR -ay
Palacios
pə-LASH -əss
Palermo, North Dakota
PAL -ər-moh
Palestine, Texas
PAL -iss-teen
[ n 29]
Also East Palestine, Ohio
Palo Gaucho Bayou, Texas
PAH -lee-GAHTCH
Palouse
pə-LOOSS
Paso Robles
PASS -ə ROH -bəlz
Pass Christian
PASS -kriss-chee-AN
[ n 30]
Patchogue
PATCH -og
Pawtucket
pə-TUK -it
Peabody, Massachusetts
PEE -bə-dee
[ 7]
Pearrygin Lake
PAIR -ij-in
Pedernales
PUR -də-NAL -iss
Pend Oreille River
PON -də-RAY
Peoria, Iowa
PIRR -ee
Peru, Indiana
PEE -roo
Picabo
like peek-a-boo
Piceance Creek
PEE -a(w)nss
Pierre, South Dakota
peer , like ‘pier’
Pittsburgh
PITS -burg
Placer County
PLASS -ər
Placerville
PLASS -ər-vil
Plano
PLAY -noh
[ n 31]
Plymouth
PLIM -əth
Point Mugu
Point mə-GOO
Pojoaque
pə-WAH -kee
[ n 32]
Pompeii, Michigan
POM -pee-eye
[ n 33]
Port Bolivar
Port BOL -iv-ər
Port Hueneme
port wy-NEE -mee
Poth
pohth
Poughkeepsie
pə-KIP -see
Poulsbo
PAWLZ -boh , like ‘Paul’s bow’
Poway
POW -ay
Prague, Oklahoma
prayg
Puget Sound
PEW -jit
Pulaski, New York
pə-LASS -ky
Purgatoire River
PIK -it-wire
Puyallup, Washington
pew-AWL -əp
Local pronunciation
pew-AL -əp
Quincy, Massachusetts
KWIN -zee
Quitaque
KIT -ə-kway
Qulin
KEW -lin
Raleigh
RAH -lee
[ n 34]
Refugio, California
rə-FEW -fee-oh, -hee-
Name of multiple places
Refugio, Texas
rə-FURE -ee-oh
Rensselaer
REN -sə-LEER
Name of multiple places
Rhea County
RAY
Riga, New York
RY -gə
Rio
RY -oh
In Florida and Wisconsin
Rio Grande, Ohio
RY -oh GRAND
Ronkonkoma
ron-KONG -kə-mə
Ruch
ROOSH
Russia, Ohio
ROOSH -ee
Russiaville
ROOSH -ee-vil
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
RULF -tən
Saguache, Colorado (town and county)
sə-WAHTCH
Salida, Colorado
sə-LY -də
Saline, Michigan
sə-LEEN
Samish Island
SAM -ish
Sammamish
sə-MAM -ish
San Jose, Illinois
san JOHZ
San Luis Obispo, California
Middle word LOO -iss
San Pedro, Los Angeles , California
san PEE -droh
San Rafael, California
san rə-FEL
San Xavier, Arizona
san HAH -vee-ay
Sangre Street, Stillwater, Oklahoma
ZANG -ər
Sault Sainte Marie
SOO saynt mə-REE
Schaghticoke
SKAT -(ih)-kuuk
Schuylkill River
SKOO -kəl
Scioto (various), Ohio
sy-OH -tə
Scituate
SITCH -oo-it
Sebring, Florida
SEE -bring
Sedro-Woolley
SEE -droh WUUL -ee
Sekiu
SEE -kew
Semiahmoo Bay
sem-ee-AH -moh
Sequim
SKWIM
Shawangunk Ridge
SHON -gum
[ n 35]
Shawano
SHAWN -oh
Shoshone, Idaho
shoh-SHOHN
Sigourney, Iowa
SIG -ər-nee
[ n 36]
Siuslaw River
sy-YOO -slaw
Skagit
SKAJ -it
Various places
Skamokawa
skə-MOK -ə-way
Skaneateles Lake
SKIN -ee-AT -ləss , like "skinny atlas"
Socastee
SOK -ə-stee
Sol Duc River
like "Soul Duck River"
Spokane
spoh-KAN
Staunton, Virginia
like Stanton
Stehekin
stə-HEE -kin
Steilacoom
STIL -ə-kum
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Strait of HWAHN də FEW -kə
Study Butte
STEW -dee BEWT
Suisun City
siss-OON
Swarthmore
SWAHTH -mor
Swansea
SWAHN -zee
Tahawus
tə-HAWZ
Taliaferro County
TOL -iv-ər
Tallmadge, Ohio
TAL -mij
Tanana River
TAN -ə-nah
Tazewell, Virginia
TAZ -wel
Name of multiple places
Tchoupitoulas Street , New Orleans
CHOP -ih-TOO -ləss
Tekoa, Washington
TEE -koh
Telocaset
TEL -ə-KASS -it
Terre Haute
TERR -ə HOHT , HUT
Tewksbury
TUUKS -bə-ree
Thames River, Connecticut
THAYMZ , not TEMZ
, not
The Dalles
The DALZ
Thibodaux
TIB -ə-doh
Thoreau, New Mexico
thə-ROO
Throop
TROOP , like ‘troop’
Tieton
TY -ə-tən
Tigard
TY -gərd
Tillamook
TIL -əm-ik
TIL -əm-uuk
Tok
TOHK
Tooele
too-IL -ə
Topsail Beach
TOP -səl Beach
Topsham
TOP -səm
Touchet River
TOO -shee
Tow, Texas
TOW
Towaoc, Colorado
TOY -awk
Towson
TOW -sən
Tripoli, Iowa
trip-OH -lə
Tualatin
too-AH -lə-tin
Tucson
TOO -son
Tulare
tuul-AIR -(ee)
Tuolumne River
too-OL -əm-ee
Tygh Valley
TY , like ‘tie’
Uhland
YOO -lənd
Utley, Texas
YOOT -lee
Valatie
və-LAY -shə
Valdez, Alaska
val-DEEZ
Vallejo
və-LAY -(h)oh
Vedauwoo , Wyoming
VEE -də-voo
Veneta
vin-EE -tə
Venetie
VEEN -it-eye
Verdi
VUR -dy
Vergennes
vər-JENZ
Versailles
vur-SAYLZ
Various places
Vici
VY -sy
Vienna
vy-AN -ə
In Illinois, Ohio, and South Dakota
Visalia
vy-SAY -lee-ə
Waelder
like welder
Wahkiakum County
wə-KY -ə-kəm
Wallowa Mountains
wə-LOW -ə
Waltham
WAWL -tham
[ n 37]
Waukesha
WAW -kish-aw
Waupun
WAW -pawn
Waxahachie
WOK -sə-HATCH -ee
Waynoka
wə-NOH -kə
Wayzata
wy-ZET -ə
Weippe
WEE -ype
Weiser
WEEZ -ər
Whitemarsh Island
WHIT -marsh
Wilkes-Barre
BARR -ə
like Barry
BARR
Willamette River
wil-AM -it
Willapa River
WIL -ə-pah
Woburn
WOO -bərn
[ n 38]
Wooster
WUUSS -tər
[ n 39]
Worcester
WUUSS -tər
[ n 40]
Various places
Wyandanch
WY -ən-dantch
Wytheville, Virginia
Yakima
YAK -ə-mah
[ n 41]
Yachats
YAH -hahts
Yaquina Bay
yə-KWIN -ə
Yocona River
YOK -nee
Youghiogheny River
YAW -kə-GAY -nee
Ypsilanti
IP -sil-AN -tee
Yreka
wy-REE -kə
Zabcikville
ZAHB -chik-vil
Zuehl, Texas
ZEEL
Zzyzx, California
ZY -ziks
^ The "s" sound generally merges with the same sound in "City."
^ In contradistinction to the surname, by convention, these rhyme with "Oliver"
^ The town of Calais in France was for centuries also pronounced in English; today KAL -ay , with initial stress in British English and final stress in American English are the normal pronunciations.
^ a b Cf the surnames Du Bois and De Bois, which are often
^ cf. English low-lying point (without a middle syllable).
^ Eau Claire, Wisconsin is pronounced more closely to the French pronunciation: (oh-KLAIR )
^ cf. intuitive Borough of Ephrata, Pennsylvania , which is pronounced EF -rə-tə
^ cf. intuitive GAL -viss-tən for larger Galveston, Texas
^ As per traditional English town, county and nursery rhyme
^ Beginning defies traditional English rules (cf. green) But Greenwich, New Jersey is pronounced as if it were "green-witch" [1]
^ cf. intuitive HAR -ling-ən for Harlingen, Netherlands
^ Intuitively HYND -mən is sometimes used outside Eastern Kentucky
^ Named via Sam Houston after Houston, Scotland , a concatenation of "Hu's town"'
^ The last syllable is standard in the British pronunciation of hurricane , but not in American English, whereas the first syllable is counterintuitive and muted compared to hurricane in either.
^ Anecdotally, locals of Hurricane say that the proper pronunciation rhymes with that of the neighboring town La Verkin .
^ cf. various Waco towns
^ locally
^ with two syllables only
^ As per English town and county
^ Uncommon, rare, or dialectal pronunciation
^ cf. the obvious final syllable of Miami, Florida
^ All derived from Montpellier , France [mɔ̃pɛlje]
^ equivalent to the British English pronunciation of Moscow, Russia . Other Moscows in America are MOSS -kow , the American English pronunciation of the Russian city.
^ Homophone to the dining course, dessert
^ The pronunciation niv-AH -də , while fairly common (particularly in the eastern United States), is stigmatized locally.
^ cf. Newark, New Jersey NOO -ərk , and Newark, Delaware or Newark, New York NOO -ark generally
^ Traditionally locally NWOR -linz with a very light /w/ is used, i.e. between the local and national.
^ Identical to the English county of Norfolk , and intuitive given the common word folk. Popular navy wordplay notwithstanding, the vowel in the last syllable is unstressed, very short, and closed, as in foot. Locals born in or after the last half of the 20th Century, who have partly or wholly adopted the American Broadcast Accent , often pronounce it NOR -fik with the r substituted for /ɻ/
^ cf. Palestine : PAL -iss-tyne
^ cf. the regular American pronunciation of "Christian", KRISS -chən
^ cf. common and well-known Spanish approximations elsewhere.
^ Or intuitively per Spanish among Hispanics
^ Italian ruined city pronounced pom-PAY )
^ cf. Raleigh surname and brands traditionally said like Wall
^ Locally.
^ cf. given name Sigourney:
^ Same as examples in England such as London Borough of Waltham Forest . cf. greatly US well-known comparators.
^ Woburn, Bedfordshire and Woburn, Toronto are simply WOH -bərn
^ Mispronounced as
^ As per traditional English town, county and sauce
^ Though the pronunciation YAK -əm-ə is also heard. The Native American people for whom the river, city, and county are named now prefer the spelling Yakama .