|
AP News Pronunciation Guide.
Publication: The America's Intelligence Wire Publication Date: 03-MAR-05 |
|
|
|
How to access the full article: Free access to all articles is available courtesy of your local library. To access the full article click the "See the full article" button below. You will need your US library barcode or password.
|
|
|
COPYRIGHT 2005 Financial Times Ltd.
(From AP Worldstream)
Byline: JON SARCHE
K
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
L
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
M
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...
Read the full article for free courtesy of your local library.
|
|
|
|
 |
| More Articles from The America's Intelligence Wire |
THE ABRAMS REPORT For March 2, 2005, MSNBC - Part 1. March 02, 2005
|
THE ABRAMS REPORT For March 2, 2005, MSNBC - Part 2. March 02, 2005
|
SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY For March 2, 2005, MSNBC - Part 2. March 02, 2005
|
COUNTDOWN For March 2, 2005, MSNBC - Part 2. March 02, 2005
|
WORLD at 0600 GMT. March 03, 2005
|
 |