AP News Pronunciation Guide.

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(From AP Worldstream)

Byline: JON SARCHE

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Ahmed Tejan Kabbah -- AH'-mehd TEH'-jahn KAH'-bah

Kabul -- kah-BOOL' (though the pronunciation KAH'-bool is also common)

Farouk Kaddoumi -- fah-ROOK' kah-DOO'-mee

Akhmad Kadyrov -- kuh-DEE'-ruhv

Kalai-Zal -- kah-LAY'-zahl

Kandahar -- kan'-duh-HAHR' (slight stress on first syllable; stronger stress on third syllable)

Karachi -- kuh-RAH'-chee

Radovan Karadzic -- RA'-doh-van KA'-ra-jich

Karbala -- KAHR'-bah-lah

Islam Karimov -- EES'-lahm kah-REE'-mahv

Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye -- ahb-deer-uh-HAHM' ky-EED'-eh

Raed Karmi -- RAH'-ed KAHR'-mee

Karnei Shomron -- kahr-NAY' shahm-ROHN'

Hamid Karzai -- HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye

Qayum Karzai -- ky-OOM' KAHR'-zeye

Kaspiisk -- kahs-PEESK'

Mikhail Kasyanov -- kah-see-AH'-nahf

Moshe Katsav -- KAHT'-sahv

Jorma Kaukonen -- YOR'-mah KOW'-kah-nen

Kavala -- kah-VAHL'-ah

Yoriko Kawaguchi -- yoh-ree-koh kah-wah-goo-chee

Kazan -- kuh-ZAHN'

Kazimiya Shrine -- KAH'-zi-mee-yah

Thomas Kean -- kayn

Bernard Kerik -- KEHR'-ihk

Teresa Heinz Kerry -- teh-RAY'-zah

T'Keyah Crystal Keymah -- tuh-KEE'-ah KRYS'-tal kee-MAH'

Khaldiyah -- KAHL'-dee-yah

Teresa Borcz Khalifa -- teh-REH'-zah borch kah-LEE'-fah

Zalmay Khalilzad -- ZAHL'-may kah-LEEL'-zahd

Ali Khamenei -- hah-meh-neh-EE'

Abdul Qadeer Khan -- ahb-DOOL' kah-DEER' kahn

Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan -- nah-EEM' nohr kahn

Khaneqin -- hah-nah-KEEN'

Kamal Kharrazi - kah-MAHL' kah-RAH'-zee

Khartoum -- kahr-TOOM'

Mohammad Khatami -- HAHT'-ah-mee

Essid Sami Ben Khemais -- EH'-seed ... keh-MEES'

Khobar -- KOH'-bahr

Mikhail Khodorkovsky -- mih-hah-EEL' khoh-dohr-KAHV'-skee

Ayatollah Khomeini -- ah-yah-TOH'-lah hoh-MAY'-nee

Khost -- hohst (heavy stress on first "h")

Mwai Kibaki -- mwy kih-BAH'-kee

Kiribati -- keer-ih-BAH'-tee

Kirkuk -- keer-KOOK' or keer-KUK'

Thomas Klestil -- KLAY'-steel

Melania Knauss -- meh-LAH'-nee-uh kuh-NOSS'

Shosei Koda -- shoh-say koh-dah

Koh Racha -- koh rah-chah

Junichiro Koizumi -- joon-ee-chee-roh koh-ee-zoo-mee

Valery Korzun -- val-uh-ree kohr-ZOON'

Vojislav Kostunica -- voh-YEE'-slahv kosh-too-NEET'-zuh

George Kouloheras -- koo-loh-HEHR'-us

Ryszard Krystosik -- RIH'-shahrd krih-STAW'-sehk

Kok Ksor -- kahk kuh-SOHR'

Bassam Salih Kubba -- BAH'-sahm sah-LIH' KOO'-bah

Leonid Kuchma -- KOOCH'-mah

Kufa -- KOO'-fah

Ted Kulongoski -- koo-luhn-GAH'-skee

Kunar -- ku-NAHR' (The vowel sound in "ku" is similar to the double-o sound in "took")

Kunduz -- KUHN'-dooz

Kushiro -- koo-shee-roh

Kut -- koot

Aleksander Kwasniewski -- kvahsh-NYEV'-skee

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Hemant Lakhani -- HEH'-muhnt luh-KAH'-nee

Mary Landrieu -- LAN'-droo

Landstuhl -- LAHND'-shtool

Lashkar-e-Tayyaba -- LAHSH'-kar ay TEYE'-buh

Jorge Lazareff -- HOR'-hay

Lee Hoi-chang -- lee hweh-chayng

LaSalle Leffall -- leh-FAWL'

Joan Lefkow -- LEHF'-koh

John Lehman -- LAY'-man

Camp Lejeune -- lih-ZHOON'

Mary Kay LeTourneau -- leh-TUR'-noh

Tom Leykis -- LY'-kihs

Daniel Libeskind -- LEE'-behs-kihnd

Lien Chan -- LEE'-ehn jan

Likud -- lee-KOOD'

Scott Livengood -- LY'-vehn-gud

Pedro Santana Lopes -- lohpzh

Ruud Lubbers -- rood LUH'-burz

Sister Lucia Marto -- LOO'-see-uh

Richard Lugar -- LOO'-gur

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Wangari Maathai -- wan-GAH'-ree mah-DY'

Dan Macagni -- muh-KAHN'-yuh

Macclenny, Florida -- MAK'-klen-ee

Madhya Pradesh -- MUH'-dyuh PRUH'-desh

Mahawil, Iraq -- mah-hah-WEEL'

Imam Mahdi -- EE'-mahm MAH'-dee

Ahmed Maher -- AHH'-mehd MAH'-ehr

Malawi -- mah-LAH'-wee

Maldives -- MAHL'-dyvz

Yuri Malenchenko -- YOOR'-ee mal-ehn-CHEHN'-koh

Chante Mallard -- SHAHN'-tay...

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