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.