PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS

The Diacritical Marks given are those found in the latest edition of Webster’s International Dictionary.

EXPLANATION OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.

A Dash ([=]) above the vowel denotes the long sound, as in f[=a]te,
     [=e]ve, t[=i]me, n[=o]te, [=u]se. 
A Dash and a Dot ([.=]) above the vowel denote the same sound, less
     prolonged. 
A Curve ([)]) above the vowel denotes the short sound, as in [)a]dd,
     [)e]nd, [)i]ll, [)o]dd, [)u]p. 
A Dot ([.]) above the vowel a denotes the obscure sound of a in p[.a]st,
     [.a]b[=a]te, Am[)e]ric[.a]. 
A Double Dot ([:])above the vowel a denotes the broad sound of a in
     faether, aelms. 
A Double Dot ([:]) below the vowel a denotes the sound of a in b[a:]ll. 
A Wave ([~]) above the vowel e denotes the sound of e in h[e]r. 
A Circumflex Accent ([^]) above the vowel o denotes the
     sound of o in born.
c sounds like s.
[-c] sounds like k.
[s.=] sounds like z.
[=g] is hard as in [=g]et.
[.g] is soft as in [.g]em.

[.A]d[=o]’n[)i]s.  AEneas ([.=e] n[=e]’[)a]s); AEneid ([.=e] n[=e]’[)i]d). [)A]m’[.a]z[)o]n. [)A]m’br[=o][s.]e. [)A]n’[.a]th[)o]th.  Anchises ([)a]n k[=i]’s[=e]z). [)A]n’n[=o] D[)o]m’[)i]n[=i]. [.A]p[)o]l’l[=o]. [)A]p’p[)i][.a]n. [)A]r[)i]m[.a]th[=e]’[.a].

Babylon (b[)a]b’[)i] l[)u]n); B[)a]b[)y]l[=o]’n[)i][.a]n. 
Baerbaer[)o]s’sae. 
Baer[.g][)e]l’l[=o]. 
Beethoven (b[=a]’t[=o] v[)u]n). 
B[)e]lsh[)a]z’z[.a]r. 
B[)e]th’l[=e]h[)e]m. 
B[)e]th-p[=e]’or. 
Bramante (brae maen’t[.=a]). 
Bugiardini (b[=oo] jaer d[=e]’n[.=e]). 
Buonarroti (b[=oo] [=o] naer r[)o]t’[.=e]).

Canaan (k[=a]’n[.a]n or k[=a]’n[.=a] [.a]n). 
Caerrae’ra. 
Celano (ch[.=a] lae’n[=o]). 
Cencio, Bernardo (b[e]r naer’d[.=o] ch[)e]n’ch[=e] [.=o]). 
Chaldean (k[)a]l d[=e]’[.a]n). 
Colonna, Vittoria (v[.=e]t t[=o]’r[.=e] ae k[=o] l[)o]n’nae). 
Condivi (k[.=o]n d[=e]’v[.=e]). 
Cosimo (k[.=o]’z[.=e] m[=o]). 
Cristo Risorto (kr[=e]s’t[.=o] r[.=e] zor’t[.=o]). 
Cumae (k[=u]’m[=e]). 
Cyrus (s[=i]’r[)u]s).

Daniel (d[)a]n’y[)e]l or d[)a]n’[)i] [)e]l). 
D[)a]n’t[.=e]. 
Daphne (d[)a]f’n[=e]). 
D[.a]r[)i]’[)u]s. 
D[=e]’l[)i][.a]n. 
Delphi (d[)e]l’f[=i]). 
D[=e]’m[)o]s. 
Dies Irae (d[=e]’[=a]s [=e]’r[=i] or d[=i]’[=e]z [=i]’r[=e]). 
Dionigi, di San (d[=e] saen d[.=e] [.=o] n[=e]’j[.=e]). 
Domine, quo vadis (d[=o]’m[=e] n[.=a], kw[=o] wae’d[)i]s or
     d[)o]m’[=i] n[.=e], kw[=o] v[=a]’d[)i]s). 
Doni, Angelo (aen’j[=a] l[=o] d[=o]’n[.=e]). 
Douay (d[=oo] [=a]’). 
Duomo (d[=oo] [=o]’m[=o]).

E’r[)o]s.

Febbre, della (d[)e]l’lae f[=e]b’br[.=a]). 
Ficino (f[.=e] ch[=e]’n[=o]). 
Franciscan (fr[)a]n s[)i]s’k[.a]n). 
Frizzi, Federigo (f[.=a] d[.=a] r[=e]’[=g][.=o] fr[=e]t’s[.=e]).