Non-English Names Pronunciation

Vire-clesse is pronounced as "veer-clayss" with the emphasis on the second syllable.

Eliashib is pronounced e-li'-a-shib. The name is found in the Bible and means "God restores."

The French name "Lebeau" may be pronounced as "lay-BOH" or "leh-BOH", similar to this spelling. There are no corresponding English words.

i believe it is pronouced like card. His ship is the Wild Karrde, so card would make sense.

You pronounce it Lootsyouv. It's Ukrainian.

The last name Valdez is of Spanish origin. It can be traced back to the region of Castile in Spain.

Pieter is the Dutch form of Peter, and is pronounced PEE-ter.

The Portuguese equivalent of the English wish 'Have a good afternoon' is the following: Tenha uma boa tarde. The Portuguese pronunciation is the following: TEH-nyuh OO-muh BOH-uh TAH-djee. The word-by-word translation is the following: 'tenha' means' May [you] have'; 'uma' 'a'; 'tarde' 'afternoon' or 'evening'.

It is pronounced as "SHIM SHEE-mel." The "ch" in the first name is pronounced as "sh" like in "shoe," and the second name sounds like "shim-el."

There's no such word as 'cime' in Portuguese. Perhaps a letter is missing, or the word is misspelled. For cima, cimo, cisma, and ciume are within the realm of acceptable possibilities. The words cima, which is pronounced SEE-muh, and cimo, which is pronounced SEE-moo, relate to the top of something. The word cisma, which is pronouonced SEE-zmuh, relates to a schism. And the word ciume, which is pronounced SYOO-mee, relates to jealousy.

The Portuguese equivalent of the English wish 'Have a good weekend' is the following: Tenha um bom fim de semana. The Portuguese pronunciation is the following: TEH-nyuh OO-muh bohng feeng djee seh-MAH-nuh. The word-by-word translation is the following: 'tenha' means 'May [you] have'; 'um' 'a'; 'bom' 'good'; 'fim' 'end'; 'de' 'from' or 'of'; 'semana' 'week'.

An English speaking person would pronounce it "DOY-chah" with more (but not excessive) emphasis on the first syllable and a very soft vowel in the second syllable.

"Hoehn" is typically pronounced as "hern" with a silent "h".

Tla Lo ce lot

culero is a bad word in spanish you would only say it 2 a man if u want 2 start a fight.

kol-um toe-bean with the accent on the kol and the bean

I was wondering the same. I came across an audio clip of the exact pronunciation, on Wikitionary.

Below 'Pronunciation' is the audio clip.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guqin

"Rye"-chitch?

Jamahiriya is pronounced as "jah-mah-HEER-ee-yah."

Bodie in California is pronounced as "BOH-dee". The emphasis is on the first syllable.

Loo-met. The name looks awfully French on the page, which leads a lot of people to pronounce it Loo-may, but the name is actually of German origin. Search for interviews with Sidney on YouTube and you'll see many an interviewer pronounce his name Loo-met without a complaint from Sidney.

Adding phlegm to your "H"'s, it is pronounced:

Holy-hla-hla.

First time I heard her named, the Lit. instructor pronounced it "Took-men".

Since then I have heard it pronounced "Tuck," although not by anyone who might be in the habit of assigning her books to be read.

It should be pronounced Tuch as in the gutteral Hebrew or Afrikaans "ch". The sound coming from the back of the throat.

It's French. It's Terre not Terra, but you do pronounce it like terra, the "err" is like "air"...Haute is like haute cousine or haute couture, only in Indiana for Terre Haute we pronounce the "h" a bit more...more like "hote", h - long o - t