FOOTNOTES:
[182] In the classical names ch has the sound of k, e.g. Achaia (A-kā´i-a); the diphthong æ has the sound of long ē, e.g. Æneas (Ē-nē´as), Kænæ (Kē´nē); ēs at the end of a word has the sound of eez, e.g. Apollonidēs (Ăp-ol-lŏn´i-deez); ti in Bœotia has the sound of she, e.g. (Bē-ō´she-ah). The Russian names may be pronounced as English.
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