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Non-English Names Pronunciation
Unfamiliar languages have words that can be difficult for some to pronounce. Here you can find questions and answers on how one might speak a foreign language.
1,579 Questions
How do you pronounce Nuuk - which is the capital of Greenland?
you pronounce the capital Nuuk as Nuuk with a long u or u's just strectch them out \
Other names for grandmother I would like to know some African names or nicknames for grandmother.?
granny nanny grams *Grammy, Nana.
How do you pronounce 'céadsearc'?
It is pronounced as 'kaedh-shark' and means 'first love; dearest one' in Irish.
What is the English translation of the Italian 'quarantotto'?
"Forty-eight (48)" is an English equivalent of the Italian word quarantotto.
Specifically, the number quaranta means "forty (40)." The number otto means "eight (8)." The pronunciation is "KWAH-rahn-TOHT-toh."
How do you pronounce Sao Paulo?
As of 2008, the most populous city in Brazil, the name is Portugese for "Saint Paul" and is pronounced "SOW PAH-oo-low" or "SOW PAH-low". (The native pronunciation includes a nasal "n", almost "Sah-woon".)
GLEE AIR the 'r' is pronounced from the back of the throat at the end
What tribe name would mean enemy of cultivated fields?
That is a garbled and incorrect reference to the origin of the word Navajo. In the Tewa language nava was an old word for cultivated field and hu meant the mouth of a canyon - so navahu was cultivated fields in the mouths of canyons. It does not mean "enemy of cultivated fields".
What is the pronunciation of the Italian name 'Grotticella'?
(This is an Italian surname meaning "little cave".) At least one definitive source pronounces it with the "oh" sound, as "grow-tee-CHELL-ah", as opposed to the sound of the English grotto, which is "GRAH-tow".
How do you pronounce O'Ciardha?
There are two different pronunciations of Ó Ciardha depending on which dialect of Irish is being used.
In the west of the Ireland the "dh" is silent and is pronounced as "O Keer-ah" putting emphasis on "Keer"
In the rest of Ireland it is pronounced almost with an extra syllable in the middle of the name. Also the "dh" has the sound of a "g". The full name is pronounced as "O Keer-i-gah"
The name comes from the Irish word "Ciar" meaning dark.
How do you pronounce the Greek word 'storge'?
"Stor-yee" is the way to pronounce the Greek word στοργή (storge) for "affection" or "love."
How do you say Trekia in Spanish?
Even though this is not a spanish word, I, as a native spanish speaker would pronounce it : /'trekIa/
How do you pronounce 'Russia' in Russian?
Answer: Россия (Rossiya) pronounced roh-see-ya. Make sure you roll on the 'r' and keep the 'o' sound short.
The language is Croatian (it is also the same in Bosnian and some regional dialects of Serbian). The meaning is: "Large grain iodized table (kitchen) sea salt".
Romanization also may be called Latinization. It represents the written word and/or spoken speech with the Roman/Latin alphabet. It may be attempted if the original words or languages are different from the Roman language and the Latin alphabet. And it may be attempted when there's no writing system at all in effect for the language under consideration. The Romanization/Latinization may be carried out by transcribing the spoken word, or by transliterating the written text. Examples of languages for which Romanization/Latinization is carried out include Arabic, Armenian, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Thai, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
What does the last name Cesco-Cancian mean?
The Cesco family's origins are to be found in Lombardy, Italy. The Cancian's history remains obscured.
