A PRONOUNCING INDEX
Webster's New International Dictionary, the Century Cyclopedia of Names, and the Encyclopedia Americana have been used as authorities for spelling and pronunciation.
- Adirondack (ăd´ĭ-rŏn´dăk)
- Achilles (ă-kĭl´ēz)
- Aisne (ân)
- Alamo (ä´lä-mō)
- Alcuin (ăl´kwĭn)
- Algonquin (ăl-gŏŋ´kĭn)
- Allegheny (ăl´ē̍-gā´nĭ)
- Altamaha (ôl´tȧ-mȧ-hô´)
- Andes (ăn´dēz)
- Angles (ăŋ´g'lz)
- Annapolis (ă-năp´ō̍-lĭs)
- Antietam (ăn-tē´tăm)
- Appalachian (ăp´ȧ-lăch´ĭ-ăn)
- Appomattox (ăp´ō̍-măt´ŭks)
- Argonne (är´gō̍n´)
- Aristotle (ăr´ĭs-tot'´l)
- Arizona (ăr´ĭ-zō´nȧ)
- Arkansas (är´kăn-sô´)
- Armenia (är-mē´ni-ȧ)
- Attila (ăt´ĭ-lȧ)
- Babylon (băb´ ĭ-lŏn)
- Bahama (bȧ-hā´mȧ)
- Barcelona (bär´sē̍-lō´nȧ or bär´thā̍-lō´nä)
- Bede (bēd)
- Birmingham (bûr´mĭng-ăm)
- Bon Homme Richard (bō̍´ nō̍m´ rē´shär´)
- Boone (boo͞n)
- Boulton (bōl´tŭn)
- Breckinridge (brĕk´ĭn-rĭj)
- Bristol (brĭs´tŏl)
- Buchanan (bŭ-kăn´ăn or bū̍-kăn´ăn)
- Buena Vista (bwā´nä vẽs´tä)
- Burgoyne (bûr-goin´)
- Cabot, Sebastian (sē̍-băs´chăn kăb´ŭt)
- Cadiz (kā´dĭz or kä´thēth)
- Caesar (sē´zȧr)
- Cahokia (kȧ-hō´kĭ-ȧ)
- Cairo (kā´rō)
- Calhoun (kăl-hoo͞n´)
- Canandaigua (kăn´ăn-dā´gwȧ)
- Canaries (kȧ-nā´rĭz)
- Cañon (kăn´yŭn)
- Cape Breton (brĕt´ŭn)
- Carthage (kär´thā̍j)
- Cartier, Jacques (zhäk kär´tyā´)
- Catawba (kȧ-tô´bȧ)
- Cavite (kä-vē´tā)
- Cervera (thĕr-vā´rä)
- Chalons (shä´lôN)
- Champlain (shăm-plān´)
- Charlemagne (shär´lē̍-mān)
- Charles Martel (shȧrl or chärlz mär´tel´)
- Château-Thierry (shä-tō´tyĕ´rē´)
- Chattanooga (chăt´ȧ-noo͞´gȧ)
- Cherokee (chĕr´ō-kē´)
- Chesapeake (chĕs´ȧ-pēk)
- Chickahominy (chĭk´ȧ-hŏm´ĭ-nĭ)
- Chickamauga (chĭk´ȧ-mô´gȧ)
- Cicero (sĭs´ẽr-ō)
- Cimon (sī´mŏn)
- Cincinnati (sĭn´sĭ-nȧt´ĭ)
- Colorado (kŏl´ō̍-rä´dō)
- Concord (kŏŋ´kẽrd)
- Connecticut (kŏ-nĕt´ĭ-kŭt)
- Constantinople (kŏn-stăn´tĭ-nō´p'l)
- Cornwallis (kôrn-wŏl´ĭs)
- Coronado (kō´rō̍-nä´thō)
- Cortés (kō̍r-tās´)
- Crèvecœur (krĕv´kûr´)
- Danelagh (dān´lâ)
- Darius (dȧ-rī´ŭs)
- Dewey (dū´ĭ)
- Diego (dē̍-ā´gō)
- Dinwiddie (dĭn-wĭd´ĭ or dĭn´wĭd-ĭ)
- Duluth (doo͝-loo͞th´)
- Duquesne (doo͝-kān´)
- Duryea (dṳr´yȧ)
- Edison (ĕd´ĭ-sŭn)
- El Caney (ĕl kä´nā)
- Ericson (ĕr´ĭk-sȯn)
- Ethelred (eth´ĕl-rĕd)
- Eutaw Springs (ū´tô-)
- Faneuil (fŭn´'l)
- Fannin (făn´ĭn)
- Farragut (făr´ȧ-gŭt)
- Foch (fōsh)
- Frontenac (frŏn´tē̍-năk or frôN´tẽ-nȧk´)
- Gadsden (gădz´dĕn)
- Gama, da (dä gä´mä)
- Gaul (gôl)
- Geneva (jē̍-nē´vȧ)
- Genoa (jĕn´ō̍-ȧ)
- Genoese (jĕn´ō̍-ēz´ or-ēs´)
- Gettysburg (gĕt´ĭz-bûrg)
- Ghent (gĕnt)
- Gibault (zhē̍´bō´)
- Goethals (gû´tălz´)
- Goliad (gō´lĭ-ăd´)
- Gooch (goo͞ch)
- Gracchi (grăk´ī)
- Guam (gwäm)
- Guilford (gĭl´fẽrd)
- Haiti (hā´tĭ)
- Hannibal (hăn´ĭ-băl)
- Hawaiian Islands (hä-wī´yăn)
- Hennepin (hĕn´ē̍-pĭn)
- Hercules (hër´kū-lēz)
- Herkimer (hûr´kĭ-mẽr)
- Hong-kong (hŏng´-kŏng´)
- Horatius (hō-rā´shĭ-ŭs)
- Houston (hūs´tŭn)
- Huguenot (hū´gẽ-nŏt)
- Iceland (īs´lănd)
- Indianapolis (ĭn´dĭ-ăn-ăp´ō̍-lĭs)
- Iroquois (ĭr´ō̍-kwoi´)
- Isthmus (ĭs´mŭs)
- Jamaica (jȧ-mā´kȧ)
- Joliet (zhō̍´lyā´ or jō´lĭ-ĕt)
- Jutes (joo͞tz)
- Kanawha (kȧ-nô´wȧ)
- Kaskaskia (kăs-kăs´kĭ-ȧ)
- Kieft (kēft)
- Labrador (lăb´rȧ-dôr´)
- Lachine (lȧ-shēn´)
- Lafayette, de (dẽ lä´fā̍-yĕt´)
- La Salle, de (dẽ lȧ sȧl´)
- Leiden (lī´dĕn)
- Leif Ericson (līf ĕr´ĭk-sȯn)
- Leonidas (lē̍-ŏn´ī-dȧs)
- Lisbon (lĭz´bŭn)
- Los Angeles (lōs ăŋ´gĕl-ĕs)
- Louisburg (loo͞´ĭs-bûrg)
- Luzerne (lū̍-zûrn´)
- McClellan (mȧ-klĕl´ăn)
- McCrea (mȧ-krā´)
- Macdonough (mȧk-dŏn´ō)
- Macedonia (măs´ē̍-dō´nĭ-ȧ)
- McGregor (măk-grĕg´ẽr)
- Mackinac (măk´ĭ-nô)
- McKinley (mȧ-kĭn´lĭ)
- Magellan (mȧ-jĕl´ăn)
- Magna Charta (măg´nă kär´tă)
- Manila (mȧ-nĭl´ȧ)
- Manitou (măn´ĭ-too͞)
- Marathon (măr´ȧ-thŏn)
- Marianas (Ladrones) (mä´rē̍-ä´näs, lȧ-drōnz´)
- Marne (märn)
- Marquette (mär´kĕt´)
- Massachusetts (măs´ȧ-choo͞´sĕts)
- Massasoit (măs´ȧ-soit´)
- Matagorda (măt´ȧ-gôr´dȧ)
- Maumee (mô-mē´)
- Mediterranean (mĕd´ĭ-tẽr-ā´nē̍-ăn)
- Memphis (mĕm´fĭs)
- Merrimac (mĕr´ĭ-măk)
- Milan (mĭl´ăn)
- Minneapolis (mĭn´ē̍-ăp´ō̍-lĭs)
- Minuit (mĭn´ū̍-ĭt)
- Missouri (mĭ-soo͞´rĭ)
- Mobile (mō̍-bēl´)
- Monmouth (mŏn´mŭth)
- Monongahela (mō̍-nŏŋ´gȧ-hē´lȧ)
- Montcalm (mŏnt-käm´)
- Monterey (mŏn´tĕ-rā´)
- Montezuma (mŏn´tē̍-zoo͞´mȧ)
- Monticello (mŏn´tē̍-sĕl´ō)
- Montpelier (mŏnt-pē´lĭ-ẽr)
- Moultrie (mōl´trĭ or moo͞´trĭ)
- Munich (mū´nĭk)
- Muybridge (moi´brĭj)
- Nassau (năs´ô)
- Natchez (năch´ĕz)
- Newfoundland (nū´fŭnd-lănd´)
- New Orleans (nū ôr´lē̍-ănz)
- Nez Percé (nā pẽr-sā´)
- Niagara (nī-ăg´ȧ-rȧ)
- Ninevah (nĭn´ē̍-vĕ)
- Nolichucky (nŏl´ĭ-chŭk´ĭ)
- Normandy (nôr´măn-dĭ)
- Oberlin (ō´bẽr-lĭn)
- Oglethorpe (ō´g'l-thôrp)
- Oneida (ō̍-nī´dȧ)
- Oregon (ŏr´ē̍-gŏn)
- Orinoco (ō´rĭ-nō´kō)
- Oriskany (ō̍-rĭs´kȧ-nĭ)
- Palos (pä´lōs)
- Panama (păn´ȧ-mä´)
- Patagonia (păt´ȧ-gō´nĭ-ȧ)
- Penobscot (pē̍-nŏb´skŏt)
- Pensacola (pĕn´sȧ-kō´lȧ)
- Pericles (pĕr´ĭ-klēz)
- Peru (pē̍-roo͞´)
- Philadelphia (fĭl´ȧ-dĕl´fĭ-ȧ)
- Philippine Islands (fĭl´ĭ-pĭn-or-pēn-)
- Phoenician (fē̍-nĭsh´ăn)
- Pinzón (pēn-thōn´)
- Pisa (pē´sä)
- Pizarro (pĭ-zär´rō or pē̍-thär´rō)
- Platte (plăt)
- Pocahontas (pō´kȧ-hŏn´tȧs)
- Porto Rico (pōr´tō rē´kō)
- Portugal (pōr´tū̍͜-găl)
- Portuguese (pō̍r´tū̍͜-gēz)
- Potomac (pō̍-tō´măk)
- Poughkeepsie (pō̍-kĭp´sĭ)
- Powhatan (pou´hȧ-tăn´)
- Raleigh (rô´lĭ)
- Rameses (răm´ē̍-sēz)
- Rapidan (răp´ĭ-dăn´)
- Rappahannock (răp´ȧ-hăn´ŭk)
- Raritan (răr´ĭ-tăn)
- Remus (rē´mŭs)
- Richelieu (rē´shẽ-loo͞´)
- Rio Grande (rē´ō grän´dā)
- Roanoke (rō´ȧ-nōk´)
- Rochambeau, de (dẽ rō̍´shäN´bō´)
- Rochelle (rō̍-shĕl´)
- Romulus (rŏm´ū-lŭs)
- Roosevelt (rō´zẽ-vĕlt)
- Rosecrans (rō´zē̍-krănz)
- Sacramento (săk´rȧ-mĕn´tō)
- St. Louis (sā̍nt loo͞´ĭs or-loo͞´ĭ)
- St. Mihiel (săN´mē´yel´)
- Samoset (săm´ō̍-sĕt or sȧ-mŏs´-ĕt)
- San Diego (săn dē̍-ā´gō)
- San Francisco (săn frăn-sĭs´kō)
- Sangamon (săŋ´gȧ-mŏn)
- San Jacinto (săn jȧ-sĭn´tō)
- San Joaquin (săn wä-kēn´)
- San Juan (săn hwän´)
- San Salvador (sän säl´vȧ-dōr´)
- Santa Ana (sän´tä ä´nä)
- Santa Maria (sän´tȧ mȧ-rē´ȧ)
- Santiago (sän´tē̍-ä´gō)
- Savannah (sȧ-văn´ȧ)
- Schenectady (skĕ-nĕk´tȧ-dĭ)
- Schley (slī)
- Schuyler (skī´lẽr)
- Schuylkill (skoo͞l´kĭl)
- Seattle (sē̍-ăt´'l)
- Seminole (sĕm´ĭ-nōl)
- Senlac (sĕn´lăk)
- Serapis (sē̍-rā´pĭs)
- Sevier (sē̍-vēr´)
- Shafter (shȧf´tẽr)
- Shawnee (shô´nē´)
- Shenandoah (shĕn´ăn-dō´ȧ)
- Sierra Nevada (sĭ-ĕr´ȧ nē̍-vä´dȧ)
- Sioux (soo͞)
- Sloat (slōt)
- Socrates (sŏk´rȧ-tēz)
- Solway Firth (sŏl´wā-)
- Spokane (spō´kăn´)
- Spottsylvania (spŏt´sĭl-vā´nĭ-ȧ)
- Steuben, von (fō̍n stū´bĕn)
- Stuyvesant (stī´vĕ-sănt)
- Tallapoosa (tăl´ȧ-poo͞´sȧ)
- Tecumseh (tē̍-kŭm´sĕ)
- Terre Haute (tĕr´ẽ hōt´)
- Teutons (tū´tŏnz)
- Thames (thāmz)
- Thorvald (tôr´väld)
- Ticonderoga (tī-kŏn´dẽr-ō´gȧ)
- Tippecanoe (tĭp´ē̍-kȧ-noo͞´)
- Ulysses (ū̍-lĭs´ēz)
- Valparaiso (văl´pȧ-rī´sō)
- Vancouver (văn-koo͞´vẽr)
- Van Rensselaer (văn rĕn´sẽ-lẽr)
- Venezuela (vĕn´ē̍-zwē´lȧ)
- Venice (vĕn´ĭs)
- Vergil (vûr´jĭl)
- Vespucci, Amerigo (ä´mā̍-rē´gō vĕs-poo͞t´chē)
- Vikings (vī´kingz)
- Villa (vē´yȧ)
- Vincennes (vĭn-sĕnz´)
- Walla Walla (wŏl´ȧ wŏl´ȧ)
- Watauga (wȧ-tô´gȧ)
- Weehawken (wē-hô´kĕn)
- Westminster (wĕst´mĭn-stẽr)
- Windsor (wĭn´zẽr)
- Xerxes (zûrk´zēz)
- Zuñi (zoo͞´nyē̍)