MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES.

=Abomey=--ăb-o-mā´, not a-bŏm´ey nor a-bō´mey.

=Acapulco=--ä-kä-pōōl´ko, not ăk-a-pŭl´ko.

=Adriatic=--ăd-ri-ăt´ĭk, not ā-drĭ-ăt´ĭk.

=Afghanistan=--äf-gän-is-tän´, not ăf-găn-ĭs´tăn.

=Agulhas=--ä-gōōl´yäs, not a-gŭl´hăs.

=Aix-la-Chapelle=--ākz-lä-shä-pĕl´, not

ā-lä-shă-pĕl´.

=Alsace=--äl-säss´, not ăl´sās.

=Altai=--äl-tī´, not äl´tā nor äl´tī.

=Amherst=--ăm´erst, not ăm´herst.

=Amoor=--ä-mōōr´, not ăm´ōōr nor ā´mōre.

=Antilles=--ŏng-teel´, not ăn´-teelz.

=Araguay=--ä-rä-gwī´, not ăr´a-gwā.

=Aral=--ăr´al, not ā´ral.

=Arkansas=--är-kăn´sas, not är´kan-saw nor är-kăn-zaz.

=Asia=--ā´she-a, not ā´zhe-a.

=Bantam= (Java)--bän-täm´, not băn´tam.

=Barbados= or =Barbadoes=--bar-bā´dōz, not bär´ba-dōz.

=Barbados=, a river of Brazil, is pronounced bar-bä´doce.

=Bayou=--bī´ōō or bī´ō, not bā´ū.

=Belfast=--bĕl-făst´, not bĕl´făst.

=Beloochistan=--bĕl-oo-chĭs-tän´, not

bĕl-oo-chĭs´tan.

=Bingen=--bĭng´en, not bĭn´jen.

=Bombay=--bŏm-bā´, not bŏm´bā.

=Bremen= (Germany)--brĕm´en or brā´men, not brē´men.

=Bremen= (U. S.)--brē´men.

=Buena Vista=--bwā´nä vees´tä or bō´na vĭs´ta, not

bū´na vĭs´ta.

=Buenos Ayres=--bō´nos ā´riz or bō´nos airz, not

bū´nos ārz; Spanish pronunciation, bwā´noce

ī´rĕs.

=Cairo= (Italy and Egypt)--kī´ro, not kā´ro. =Cairo= (U.

S.)--kā´ro.

=Calais=--kăl´ĭs or kä-lā´, not ka-lās´.

=Canton= (China)--kan-tŏn´, not kăn´ton. =Canton= (U.

S.)--kăn´ton.

=Cape Girardeau=--jee-rär-dō´, not jee-rär´dō.

=Caribbean= or =Carribbean=--kăr-ĭb-bē´an, not

ka-rĭb´be-an.

=Cashmere=--käsh-meer´, not kăsh´mere.

=Cayenne=--kī-ĕn´ or kā-yĕn´, not kā-ĕn´.

=Cheyenne=--she-ĕn´, not shī-ĕn´ nor chā-ĕn´.

=Chili=--chĭl´lee, not shē´lee.

=Christiania=--krĭs-te-ä´ne-ä, not krĭs-te-ā´ne-a nor

krĭs-te-ăn´a.

=Chuquisaca=--chōō-ke-sä´kä, not chōō-kwĭs´a-kä.

=Cincinnati=--sin-sin-nah´tĭ, not sin-sin-năt´ta.

=Cochin China=--kō´chin chī´na, not kŏch´in chī´na.

=Delhi= (India)--dĕl´lee, not dĕl´hī. =Delhi= (U.

S.)--dĕl´hī.

=Dubuque=--dū-bōōk´, not dū-būk´.

=Fezzan=--fĕz-zän´, not fĕz´zan nor fĕz-zăn´.

=Freiburg=--frī´bŏŏrg, not frē´burg.

=Genoa=--jĕn´o-a, not je-nō´a.

=Gloucester=--glos´ter, not as spelled. =Gloucestershire=

(glos´ter-shir).

=Greenwich= (England)--grĭn´ĭdge, not as spelled.

=Greenwich= (U. S.)--green´ĭch.

=Havre de Grace=--hăv´er de grass, not hā´ver de grās´.

French pronunciation, hä´v'r deh gräss or ä´v'r deh gräss´.

=Iowa=--ī´o-wa, not ī-ō´wa nor ī´o-wā.

=Java= (Island)--jä´va, not jăv´a nor jā´va. =Java= (U.

S.)--jā´va.

=Jeddo= (Japan)--yĕd´do, not jĕd´do. =Jeddo= (U.

S.)--jĕd´do.

=Juniata=--jōō-ne-ah´ta, not jōō-ne-ĕt´a.

=Kankakee=--kan-kaw´kee, not kang-ka-kee´.

=Ladoga=--lä´do-gä, not la-dō´ga.

=Lausanne= (Switzerland)--lō-zän´, not law-san´. =Lausanne=

(Pennsylvania)--law-săn´.

=Leicester=--lĕs´ter, not as spelled. =Leicestershire=

(lĕs´ter-shir).

=Leipsic= (Saxony)--līp´sĭk, not leep´sĭk. =Leipsic= (U.

S.)--leep´sĭk.

=Madrid= (Spain)--mä-drĭd´, not măd´rĭd; Spanish

pronunciation, mä-DreeD´--almost maTH-reeTH´. =Madrid= (U.

S.)--măd´rid.

=Mauch Chunk=--mawk chŭnk´, not mawch shunk´.

=Milan=--mĭl´an, not mī´lan.

=Modena= (Italy)--mŏd´en-a, not mo-dē´na. =Modena= (U.

S.)--mo-dē´na.

=Nantes=--năntz, not năn´tez; French pronunciation,

nŏngt.

=Neufchatel=--nush-ä-tĕl´, not nōōf´chăt-el.

=Newfoundland=--nū´fond-land´, not nu-found´land.

=Norwich= (England)--nŏr´rĭj, not nŏr´wich. =Norwich=

(U. S.)--nŏr´wich or nŏr´rich.

=Otaheite=--ō-tä-hee´te, not ō-ta-heet´.

=Panama=--pän-a-mä´, not păn´a-maw.

=Persia=--per´she-a, not per´zhe-a.

=Pesth=--pĕst, not pesth; Hungarian pronunciation, pĕsht.

=Piqua=--pĭk´wa, not pĭk´wā.

=Pompeii=--pŏm-pā´yee, not pŏm´pe-ī.

=Popocatapetl=--po-po-kä-tā-pĕtl´, not

po-po-kăt-a-pē´tel.

=Poughkeepsie=--po-kĭp´see, not po-keep´see.

=Quebec=--kwe-bĕk´, not kwē´bek.

=Queretaro=--kā-rā-tä´ro, not kwer-e-tā´ro.

=Sahara=--sä-hä´rä or sä´ha-rä, not sā-hā´ra nor

sa-hăr´a.

=San Diego=--sän-de-ā´go, not săn-dī-ē´go.

=Sangamon=--săng´ga-mon, not săng-găm´on.

=San Joaquin=--sän-Ho-ä-keen´, not săn´jō´a-kwĭn.

=Shang-Hai=--shang-hī´, not shăng´-hā nor

shăng´-hī.

=Siam=--sī-am´ or se-am´, not sī´am.

=Sumatra=--sōō-mä´tra, not sōō-mā´tra nor

sōō-măt´ra.

=Swabia=--swā´bi-a, not swaw´be-a.

=Taliaferro=--tŏl´e-ver, not tăl-ĭ-a-fĕr´ro.

=Toulouse=--tōō-lōōz´, not tōō-lōōss´.

=Truxillo=--trōō-Heel´yo, not trŭx-ĭl´lo.

=Tyrol=--tĭr´ol or te-rŏl´, not tī´rol.

=Ulster= (Germany)--ŏŏl´ster, not ŭl´ster. =Ulster=

(Ireland and U. S.)--ŭl´ster.

=Valenciennes=--vä-long-se-ĕnn´, not va-lĕn-se-ĕnz´.

=Valparaiso= (Chili)--väl-pä-rī´so, not văl-pa-rā´zo.

=Valparaiso= (U. S.)--văl-pa-rā´zo.

=Venezuela=--ven-ez-wee´la or vā-nĕth-wā´lä, not

ven-ez-ōō-ē´la.

=Vevay=--ve-vā´, not vē´vā.

=Vosges=--vōzh, not vŏs´jez.

=Worcester=--wŏŏs´ter, not as spelled. =Worcestershire=

(wŏŏs´ter-shir).

=Wyandot= or =Wyandotte=--wī-an-dott´, not wī´an-dŏt.

=Wyoming=--wī-ō´ming, not wī´o-ming.

=Yang-tse-kiang=--yäng-tse-ke-äng´, not yang´ste-kī´ăng.

=Yo Semite=--yō-sem´e-te, not yō´se-mīte.

=Zanzibar=--zän-ze-bär´, not zăn´ze-bär.

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