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The American Heritage Dictionary gives two Americanized pronunciations, kī-ō'tē or kī'ōt' (ky-oh-tee or just ky-oat). This provides a long O, but no short O.

However, the word "coyote" is derived from Spanish; therefore, koy-oh-te might be a more suitable pronunciation.

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