AP-News Pronunciation Guide D-K

D

Dagestan -- dah-guhs-TAHN'

Dahab -- DAH'-hahb

Khaled Dahdouh -- kha-LED' DAKH'-dookh

Dai-ichi -- dy-EE'-chee

Daisetta -- day-ZET'-uh

Stephen Damman -- DAM'-man

Mazen Dana -- MAZ'-en DAH'-nah

Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi -- MEH'-dee DAH'-nesh YEZ'-dee

Richard Dannatt -- DAN'-at

Osman Danquah -- oos-MAHN' dahn-KWAH'

Mohammed Daraghmeh -- duh-RAHK'-muh

Darfur -- dahr-FOOR'

Dennis Daugaard -- DOO'-gahrd

Mychael Darthard-Dawodu -- meh-KELL' DAHR'-thuhd DOW'-uh-doo

Dashst-i-Qula -- dash-tee-kah-LAH'

Ramon Davila -- rah-MOHN' DAH'-vee-lah

Shaniya Davis -- shuh-NY'-uh

Davos -- DAH'-vohs

Ahmet Davutoglu -- AH'-meht dah-voot-OH'-loo

John DeBlase -- duh-BLAYZ'

Yvo de Boer -- EE'-voh duh BOH'-ah +Alex DeCroce -- dih-KROHCH'

Peter DeFazio -- dee-FAH'-zee-oh

Russell Defreitas -- deh-FREE'-tus

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer -- yahp dee hohp SKEHF'-ur

Mohammed Deif -- dy-EEF'

Gina DeJesus -- deh-HAY'-soos

DeKalb County -- deh-KAB'

Scott Dekraai -- deh-KREYE'

Deland -- deh-LAND'

Bernie de la Rionda -- dih lah ree-AHN'-duh

Jean Marc de la Sabliere -- zhahn mark duh lah SAH'-blee-yehr

Rocky Delgadillo -- del-gah-DEE'-oh

Alfred Delucchi -- deh-LOO'-kee

Joy Deleston -- DEL'-uhs-tuhn

Angel Del Valle -- AHN'-hel del VAH'-yay

John Demjanjuk -- dem-YAHN'-yuk

Denosumab -- deh-NAHS'-suh-mab

Veronica Deramous -- duh-RAY'-muhs

Paul Dergarabedian -- der-gayr-uh-BEE'-dee-uhn

Frank Desiderio -- deh-sih-DEHR-ee-oh

Richard DesLauriers -- deh-LOHR'-ee-ay

Des Plaines River -- dehs-PLAYNZ'

Jon DeStefano -- deh-STEF'-ah-noh

Deutsche Bank -- DOY'-chuh

Deutsche Boerse -- DOY'-chuh BUR'-zuh

Lindley DeVecchio -- dih-VEH'-kee-oh

Dominique de Villepin -- doh-mee-NEEK' duh veel-PAN'

Frank De Winne -- deh-WINH'-uh

Deylam -- day-LAHM'

Vladimir Dezhurov -- deh-ZH00R'-ahf

Dhahran -- dah-RAHN'

Dhi Qar -- dee kahr

Khaled Diab -- HAH'-lehd dee-AHB'

Nafissatou Diallo -- na-fee-SAH'-too dee-AH'-loh

Bill de Blasio -- dih BLAH'-zee-oh

Dido -- DY'-doh

Samuel Dieteman -- DEET'-man

Anurag Dikshit -- AH'-noo-rahg DIKS'-it

Kara DioGuardi -- dee-oh-GWAHR'-dee

Jacques Diouf -- zhahk dyoof

Diyala -- dee-YAH'-lah

Diyarbakir -- dee-YAHR'-bah-kir

Diwaniyah -- dee-wah-NEE'-yah

Djibouti -- jih-BOO'-tee

Zoran Djindjic -- JIHN'-jihch

Charles Djou -- duh-ZHOO'

Ekaterina Dmitriev -- eh-kat-ur-EE'-nah dih-MEE'-tree-yehv

George Docherty -- DAHK'-ur-tee

Curtis Doebbler -- DOHB'-blur

Matt Doering -- DOHR'-ing

Pete Doherty -- DAHK'-ur-tee

Dominica -- doh-MIN'-ih-kuh

Domodedovo -- DOH'-muh-DYED'-uh-vuh

Tim Donaghy -- DAHN'-uh-hee

Patrick Donahoe -- DAHN'-uh-hoo

Donghekou -- dahng-heh-koh

Vincent D'Onofrio -- duh-NAH-free-oh

Genero Espinosa Dorantes -- huh-NEH'-roh ehs-pih-NOH'-suh duh-RAHN'-tehz

Jean-Jacques Dordain -- zhahn zhahk dor-DAN'

Dotiki mine -- doh-TEE'-kee

Douala -- doo'AH'-luh

John Douangdara -- dwung-DEHR'-ah

Nada Doumani -- NAH'-duh doo-MAH'-nee

Philippe Douste-Blazy -- doo-stuh-blah-ZEE'

Doyline -- doy-LEEN'

Dracut -- DRAY'-kut

Joshua Dratel -- dray-TEL'

David Dreier -- DRY'-ur

Steve Driehaus -- DREE'-hows

Janez Drnovsek -- yah-NESH' dehr-NOHV'-shek

Darleen Druyun -- DROO'-yin

Abdel Aziz Duaik -- AHB'-dehl ah-ZEEZ' dwayk

Amber Dubois -- doo-BWAH'

Joshua DuBois -- doo-BWAH'

Michel Duclos -- mee-SHEHL' doo-KLOH'

Charles Duelfer -- DEHL'-fur

Donald Dugan -- DOO'-guhn

Jaycee Lee Dugard -- DOO'-gahrd

Gordon Duguid -- DOO'-gud

Mike DuHaime -- doo-HAYM'

Dujail -- doo-ZHAYL'

Jean Dujardin -- zhahn doo-zhahr-DAN'

Arne Duncan -- AHR'-nee

Everett Dutschke -- DUHS'-kee

Marc Dutroux -- doo-troo

Eric Dybas -- DY'-bas

Robert Dziekanski -- zhih-KAN'-skee

Mikulas Dzurinda -- MIH'-koh-las zur-IN'-dah

E

Shirin Ebadi -- shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee

Evan Ebel -- EE'-bul

Dalton Eby -- EE'-bee

Yukio Edano -- YOO'-kee-oh EHD'-ah-noh

Edinburg, Texas -- ED'-in-burg

Edinburgh, Scotland -- EH'-din-bur-uh

Boudewijn van Eenennaam -- BOH'-duh-van vahn AY'-nuh-nohm

Jan Egeland -- yahn EHG'-lahnd

Robert Ehrlich -- UR'-lik

Eid al-Adha -- eed al-AHD'-hah

Eid al-Fitr -- ayd ahl-FIH'-tur

Kai Eide -- ky EYE'-duh

Walid Eido -- wah-LEED' eye-EE'-doh

Rafi Eitan -- RAH'-fee ay-TAHN'

Rolf Ekeus -- eh-KAY'-us

Elan -- ee-LAHN'

Ihsan Elashyi -- ih-SAHN' eh-LAH'-shee

Mohamed el-Atriss -- el-AH'-trees

Elazig -- AY'-leh-zeh

Susan Elbaneh -- el-BAHN'-uh

Mohamed ElBaradei -- ehl-BEHR'-uh-day

El Cajon -- kah-HOHN'

Eldorado, Texas -- el-doh-RAY'-doh

Wadih El-Hage -- WAH'-dee ehl-HAHJ'

Elida -- uh-LEE'-duh

Amine El Khalifi -- ah-MEEN' ehl kah-LEE'-fee

Mohamad Zouheir El Khansa -- moh-HAH'-mahd zoo-HAYR' ehl KAHN'-suh

De'Marquise Elkins -- deh-mahr-KEES'

Amer El-Maati -- ah-MEER' el-MAH'-tee

Mounir El Motassadeq -- moo-neer ehl mah-tuh-SAD'-uhk

Magdy el-Nashar -- MAG'-dee el-nash-AHR'

Adnan El Shukrijumah -- ahd-NAHN' el SHOOK'-ree joohm-HAH'

Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi -- AHB'-del fat-AH' el-SEE'-see

Sarah Eltantawi -- ehl-tehn-TOW'-ee

Aicha El Wafi -- EYE'-shuh el-WAH'-fee

Embarras River -- EM'-brah

Enceladus -- ehn-SEH'-lah-duhs

Guillermo Endara -- geel-YAYR'-moh en-DAHR'-ah

Ben Endres -- EN'-dris

Eluana Englaro -- el-oo-AH'-nah en-GLAH'-roh

Bill Engvall -- ENG'-vahl

John Ensign -- EN'-sin

Ercis, Turkey -- EHR'-jihsh

Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn

Saeb Erekat -- sah-EEB' EHR'-ih-kaht

Erez -- EHR'-ehz

Eritrea -- ehr-ih-TREE'-uh

Jon Erpenbach -- URP'-ehn-bahk

Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa -- eh-RA'-soo-rees OH'-sah

Gerhard Ertl -- EHR'-tul

Mike Escudie -- EHS'-kyoo-jay

Anna Eshoo -- EH'-shoo

Chiheb Esseghaier -- shuh-HEHB' ehz-uh-GY'-ur

Martin Esparza -- mahr-TEEN'

ETA -- EH'-tah

Roger Etchegaray -- roh-ZHAY' eh-cheh-gah-RAY'

Eutaw -- YOO'-taw

Mark Everson -- EE'-vur-suhn

Ewa Beach -- EH'-vah

Gnassingbe Eyadema -- nyah-SING'-bay ee-yah-DEE'-mah

Leopold Eyharts -- AY'-ahrts

Eyjafjallajokull volcano -- ay-yah-FYAH'-lah-yur-kuhl

F

John Fabrizi -- fuh-BREE'-zee

Fajr (Hezbollah missile) -- FAH'-zher

Rima Fakih -- REE'-mah fah-KEE'

Duke Fakir -- fah-KEER'

Mary Fallin -- FAL'-ihn

Fallujah -- fuh-LOO'-juh

Falun Gong -- FAH'-luhn goong

Nawaf Fares -- NAH'-wahf FAH'-rehs

Steve Farese -- fah-REES'

Iyman Faris -- EYE'-mihn FEHR'-ihs

Amjad Hussain Farooqi -- AHM'-jed hoo-SAYN' fuh-ROO-kee

Louis Farrakhan -- FAHR'-uh-kahn

John Faso -- FAS'-oh

Andrew Fastow -- FAS'-tow

Fatah -- FAH'-tah

Josh and Laura Fattal -- fuh-TAHL'

Raouhi Fattouh -- ROW'-hee fa-TOO'

Fatwa -- FAHT'-wah

Kathryn Faughey -- FAW'-hee

Christophe Fauviau -- KREE'-stohf FOH'-vee-oh

Ahmad Fawzi -- FOW'-zee

Dodi Fayed -- DOH'-dee FY'-ehd

Italia Federici -- ih-TAL'-yuh fed-uh-REE'-chee

Yuri Fedotov -- fee-DOH'-tuhv

Douglas Feith -- fyth

George Felos -- FEE'-lohs

Myisha Ferrell -- my-EE'-shuh FUR'-ruhl

Drew Feustel -- FOY'-stuhl

Lamen Khalifa Fhimah -- LAH'-mehn kah-LEE'-fah feh-HEE'-mah

Vinson Filyaw -- FIHL'-yaw

Jasmine Fiore -- fee-OR'-ee

Joschka Fischer -- YUSH'-kuh FISH'-ur

Fiserv -- FY'-serv

Isla Fisher -- EYE'-luh

Flocke -- FLAH'-keh

Kyle Foggo -- FOH'-goh

Anders Fogh Rasmussen -- AHN'-derz FOHG RAHS'-moo-sihn

Raffaello Follieri -- rah-fy-EL'-oh foh-lee-EHR'-ee

Fon Verettes -- fon ver-ET

Pim Fortuyn -- pim for-TOWN'

Byron Fouty -- FOW'-tee

Vicente Fox -- vih-SEN'-tay

Rend Rahim Francke -- rend RAH'-heem fran-KEE'

Jendayi Frazer -- jen-DY'-ee FRAY'-zhur

James Frey -- fry

Thomas Frieden -- FREE'-den

David Friehling -- FREE'-ling

Johan Friso -- YOH'-han FREE'-soh

Josef Fritzl -- YOH'-zef FRIT'-sul

Christer Fuglesang -- KRIHS'-tehr FYOO'-guhl-sang

Yasuo Fukuda -- yah-soo-oh foo-koo-dah

Fukushima -- foo-koo-SHEE'-mah

Fukushima Dai-ichi -- foo-koo-SHEE'-mah dy-EE'-chee

Futalognkosaurus -- FOO'-ta-long-koh-SOHR'-us

G<Gabon -- ga-BOHN'

Paolo Gabriele -- POW'-loh gah-bree-EHL'-eh

Adam Yehiye Gadahn -- ah-DAHM' YEH'-heh-yuh guh-DAHN'

Gadid -- guh-DEED'

Aisha Gadhafi - EYE'-shuhKhamis Gadhafi - KAH'-mees

Moammar Gadhafi -- MOO'-ah-mahr gah-DAH'-fee

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi -- sayf

Kai Gadison -- KY GAD'-ih-suhn

Yuri Gagarin -- YOOR'-ee gah-GAH'-rin

William Gagen -- GAY'-gehn

Yegor Gaidar — yeh-GOHR' GY'-dahr

Faysal Galab -- FY'-suhl gah-LAHB'

Dennis Galbraith -- GAHL'-bruhth

Jorge Galindo -- HOHR'-hay gah-LIN'-doh

Ejup Ganic -- AY'-oop GAH'-nich

Akbar Ganji -- AHK'-bar GAHN'-jee

Eric Garcetti -- gahr-SET'-ee

Gardez -- gahr-DEHZ'

Richard Garriott -- GA'-ree-ut

Leonel Garza -- lay-oh-NEHL'

Gautier -- goh-SHAY'

Laurent Gbagbo -- loh-RAHN' BAHG'-boh

Leymah Gbowee -- LAY'-mah BOH'-wee

Samir Geagea -- sah-MEER' zhah zhah

Robert Geathers -- GA'-thurz

Gordon Gee -- gee (hard g)

Harold Gehman -- GAY'-muhn

Raymond Geisel -- gy-ZEL'

Timothy Geithner -- GYT'-nur

Kyrstin Gemar -- geh-MAHR'

Amin Gemayel -- ah-MEEN' jeh-MAY'-el

Pierre Gemayel -- jeh-MAY'-el

Julius Genachowski -- jen-uh-KOW'-skee

John Geoghan -- GAY'-gan

Mark Geragos -- GEHR'-uh-gohs

Julie Gerberding -- GUR'-bur-ding

Pete Geren -- GEHR'-ehn

Christian Gerhartsreiter -- GAYR'-hahrtz-ry-tur

Eugene Germain -- juhr-MAYN'

Gina Gershon -- ger-SHON'

Bill Gerstenmaier -- GUR'-sten-my-ur

Ricky Gervais -- jur-VAYS'

Mohamed Ghannouchi -- gah-NOO'-shee

Ghazni -- GAHZ'-nee

Wael Ghonim -- WY'-uhl goh-NEEM'

Carlos Ghosn -- GOHN

Ghanim Ghudayer -- GHAH'-nem kuh-DAYR'

Miep Gies -- meep ghees

Giglio (Italian island) -- JEEL'-yoh

Nicholas Giglio -- GIHG'-lee-oh

Gila National Forest -- HEE'-luh

Yousuf Raza Gilani -- gee-LAH'-nee

Kirsten Gillibrand -- KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand

Al Ginglen -- JING'-lun

Louis Giovino -- jee-oh-VEE'-noh

Matt Giraud -- jir-AHD'

Raanan Gissin -- rah-NAHN' GIH'-seen

Salvatore Giunta -- sahl-vuh-TOHR'-eh JOON'-tuh

Rajiv Gandhi -- rah-ZHEEV' GAHN'-dee

Ahmed Kalfan Ghailani -- KAL'fahn guh-LAHN'-ee

Ali Ghufron -- GOO'-frahn

Gillian Gibbons -- JIHL'-ee-uhn

Julia Gillard GIH'-lahrd

Ray Girouard -- juh-RARD'

Joe and Teresa Guidice -- JOO'-dys

Gizo -- GEE'-zoh

Glasgow -- GLAS'-goh

Glioma -- GLEE'-oh-mah

Ben Glisan -- GLIH'-sen

Gloucester -- GLAH'-stur

Faure Gnassingbe -- fahr nyah-SING'-bay

Yahya Goba -- YAH'-yah GOH'-bah

Tim Goeglein -- GAYG'-lyn

Ron Goetzel -- GEHT'-zuhl

Gol Airlines -- gohl

Aijalon Mahli Gomes -- EYE'-jah-lahn MAH'-lee gohms

Goleta -- goh-LEE'-tuh

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu -- een-YAR'-ee-too

Gonaives -- goh-nah-EEV'

Marc Gonsalves -- gahn-SAHL'-vehs

Cyclone Gonu -- GOH'-noo

David Gorcyca -- GOHR'-sih-kah

Gori -- GOHR'-ee

Dom Gorie -- GOOR'-ee

Kermit Gosnell -- gahs-NEHL'

Kristin Gossel -- GAH'-sul

Jon and Kate Gosselin -- GAHS'-lihn

Mark Goudeau -- goo-DOH'

Justin Gouveia -- GOOV'-way

Gozo -- GOHT'-soh

Graco -- GRAY'-koh

Edward Gramlich -- GRAM'-lihk

Sam Granato -- grah-NAH'-toh

Charles Graner -- GRAY'-nur

Hermine (tropical storm) -- hur-MEEN'

Hermione Granger -- hur-MY'-nee

Scott Gration -- GRAY'-shun

Mike Gravel -- grah-VEL'

Graz -- grahts

Ronald Allen Grecula -- GREK'-yuh-luh

Bunnatine Greenhouse -- BUHN'-uh-teen

Christine Gregoire -- GREG'-wahr

Robert Greifeld -- GRY'-feld

Catherine Greig -- greeg

Grenada -- greh-NAY'-duh

Adrian Grenier -- grehn-YAY'

Wendy Greuel -- grool

Ray Gricar -- GREE'-kahr

Ioan Griffud -- YOH'-uhn GRIH'-fith

Matt Groening -- GREE'-ning

Groton -- GRAH'-tun

Gstaad -- guh-SHTAHD'

Guadagnini -- gwahd-uh-NEE'-nee

Ingmar Guandique -- wahn-DEE'-kay

Guangzhou -- gwahng-joh

Rudy Hermann Guede -- GAY'-day

Carl Gugasian -- guh-GAH'-see-uhn

Guillain-Barre syndrome -- gee-LAN' bah-RAY'

Guinsaugon -- gween-sow-OO'-gahn

Guiuan, Philippines -- GEE'-wuhn

Guinea-Bissau -- GIHN'-ee bih-SOW'

Guixi -- gway-shee

Hamid Gul -- HAH'-mihd gool

Sai Gunturi -- sy guhn-TOO'-reeRajat Gupta rah-JAHT' GOOP'-tah

Carlos Gutierrez -- goo-tee-AYR'-ehz

Abimael Guzman -- ab-ee-MY'el GOOZ'-mahn

Gwinnett -- gwih-NEHT'

King Gyanendra -- gee-YAN'-en-drah

H

Nate Haasis -- HAY'-sihs

Thomas Habinek -- HAH'-bihn-ehk

Selcan Hacaoglu -- SAL'-jahn hah-JAH'-oh-loo

Hesham Mohamed Hadayet -- huh-SHAHM' moh-HAH'-med hah-DY'-eht

Haaretz -- hah-ah-REHTS'

Rabih Haddad -- RAH'-bee hah-DAHD'

Hadera -- hah-DEHR'-uh

Mizban Khadr Hadi -- MIHZ'-bahn KAH'-dur HAH'-dee

Haditha -- hah-DEE'-thuh

Michael Hagee -- HAYG'-ee

John Hagee -- HAYG'-ee

Joerg Haider -- yorg HY'-dur

Haifa -- HY'-fuh

Corey Haim -- haym

Typhoon Haiyan -- HY'-ahn)

Hajj -- hahj

Halabja -- hah-LAHB'-juh

Tarja Halonen -- TAHR'-yah HAH'-luh-nen

Dan Halutz -- DAHN hah-LOOTS'

Hamas -- hah-MAHS'

Farid Hamayoun --HAH'-may-yoon

Imad Hamed -- ih-MAHD' hah-MED'

Muhammed Hameeduddin -- ha-MEED'-oo-din

Salim Hamdan -- sah-LEEM' hahm-DAHN'

Hamdania -- hahm-dah-NEE'-ah

Yaser Esam Hamdi -- YAH'-ser EE'-sahm HAHM'-dee

Assem Hammoud -- AH'-sem hah-MOOD'

Abdelaziz Hamze -- ahb-del-ah-ZEEZ' HAHM'-zeh

Hatshepsut -- haht-shehp-SOOT'

Michael Haneke -- HAN'-uh-kuh

Ismail Haniyeh -- IHS'-may-el hah-NEE'-yuh

Ahmed Hannan -- AH'-mehd hah-NAHN'

Mahmoud Abu Hanoud -- mah-MOOD' ah-boo hah-NOOD'

Mokhtar Haouari -- MOHK'-tahr how-AHR'-ee

Naveed Afzal Haq -- nah-VEED' AHF'-zal hahk

Abdul Haq -- ahb-DOOL' hahk

Naveed Afzal Haq -- nah-VEED' AHF'-zal hahk

Haqlaniyah -- HAHK'-lah-nee-yuh

Harare -- hah-RAH'-reh

Harbin -- HAHR'-bin

Kali Hardig -- KAY'-lee

Rafik Hariri -- rah-FEEK' hah-REER'-ee

Saad Hariri -- sahd hah-REER'-ee

Nidal Malik Hasan -- nih-DAHL' mah-LEEK' hah-SAHN'

Farris Hassan -- FAH'-rihs hah-SAHN'

Saeed Hassan -- sah-EED' hah-SAHN'

Wassef Ali Hassoun -- wah-SEF' ah-LEE' hah-SOON'

Hat Yai -- haht-yeye

Haverhill -- HAY'-vruhl

Kip Hawley -- HAH'-lee

Haworth -- HAW'-worth Hamid Hayat -- hah-MEED' HY'-et

Umer Hayat -- OO'-mer hy-YAHT'

Michel Hazanavicius -- mee-SHEHL' ah-zah-nah-VEE'-see-oos

Nathaniel Heatwole -- HEET'-wohl

Hebron -- HEH'-bruhn

Richard Heene -- HEE'-nee

Mayumi Heene -- my-OO'-mee

John Hege -- HEG'-ee

James Heidinger -- HY'-ding-gur

Dorothy Height -- hyt

Katherine Heigl -- HY'-guhl

Heiligendamm -- HY'-lee-guhn-dahm

Aribert Heim -- AH'-ree-behrt HYMDavid Heim -- hym

Guy Heinze -- hynz

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar -- gool-boo-DEEN' hek-mat-YAHR'

Henry Hendee -- HEN'-dee

Tom Henze -- HEN'-zee

Hennepin County -- HEN'-ih-pin

Quadrevion Henning -- kwah-DRAY'-vee-ahn

Herat -- hehr-AHT'

Herodium -- heh-ROH'-dee-uhm

Herzliya -- hurts-LEE'-uh

Hesperia -- heh-SPAYR'-ee-uh

Hezbollah -- hez-BUH'-lah

Hialeah -- hy-uh-LEE'-uh Abdallah Higazy -- ahb-DAH'-lah hee-GAH'-zee

Farouk Hijazi -- fah-ROOK' hee-JAH'-zee

Hilla -- HIL'-luh

Hindiya -- hin-DEE'-yah

Jeremy Hinzman -- HIHNZ'-min

Hiroshima -- heer-oh-SHEE'-muh or hih-ROH'-shih-muh

Hit -- heet

Hmong -- mung

Katie Hnida -- NY'-da

Charlie Hobaugh -- HOH'-baw

Hobe Sound -- hohb

William Hochul -- HOH'-kuhl

Peter Hoekstra -- HUK'-struh

Hokkaido -- hoh-ky-doh

Kim Holien -- HOH'-lee-ehn

Francois Hollande -- frahn-SWAH' oh-LAWND'

Homosassa -- HOH'-moh-sas-uh

Russel Honore -- AHN'-ur-ay

Hoquiam, Washington -- HOH'-kwee-um

Robert Horan -- hohr-AN'

Takafumi Horie -- tah-kah-foo-mee hoo-ree-ay

Horry County -- OHR'-ee

John Hostettler -- HOH'-stet-lur

George Hotz -- HOHTZ

Julianne Hough -- huhf

Houla -- HOH'-lah

Houma -- HOH'-muh

Marques Houston -- MAR'-kus

Jennifer Hramadka -- rah-MAHD'-kuh

Andrew Hruska -- huh-ROOS'-kuh

Frank Hsieh -- syeh

Norman Hsu -- shoo

Hu Jia -- hoo jah

Marianne Hudec -- HYOO'-dek

Gerard Hueber -- HYOO'-bur

John Hueston -- HYOO'-stun

John Huhn -- hyoon

Hu Jintao -- hoo jin-tow

Ollanta Humala -- oh-YAHN'-tah oo-MAH'-lah

Venjah Hunte -- VEHN'-jah huhnt

Rielle Hunter -- ree-EHL'

John Huschke -- HOOSH'-kee

Liban Hussein -- LEE'-bahn hoo-SAYN'

Faisal Husseini -- FY'-suhl hoo-SAY'-nee

Hutaree -- hoo-TAH'-ray

Craig Hutto -- HUH'-toh

Hutu -- HOO'-too

Abdel Tawab Mullah Huweish -- ahb-DEL' tah-WAHB' MOO'-luh hoo-WAYSH'

Long Huynh -- hwin

Hwang Woo-suk -- whahng woo-suhk

George, Jennifer Hyatte -- HY'-uht

Hyderabad -- HY'-dur-uh-bad

Hyndman -- HY'-man

Tomi Rae Hynie -- TAHM'-ee ray HY'-nee

I

Ibiza -- ee-BEE'-zuh

Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- sahd uh-deen ee-brah-heem

Barzan Ibrahim -- BAHR'-zahn EE'-brah-heem

Muktar Said Ibrahim -- MOOK'-tar sah-EED' EE'-brah-heem

Ica -- EE'-kuh

Carl Icahn -- EYE'-kahn

Jonathan Idema -- ih-DEE'-muh

Mohammed Osman Idris -- OHS'-man EE'-dree

Robert Iger -- EYE'-gur

Karen Ignagni -- ihg-NAH'-neeHurricane Igor -- EE'-gohr

Jared Ilovar -- EYE'-luh-vahr

Imam -- ih-MAHM'

Jeffrey Immelt -- IHM'-mehlt

Immokalee -- ih-MAHK'-ah-lee

Carrie Ann Inaba -- ee-NAH'-bah

Inamed -- IN'-uh-med

Martin Indyk -- IHN'-dihk

Ingushetia -- ing-goo-SHEH'-tee-ah

James Inhofe -- IN'-hahf

David Innes -- IN'-es

Daniel Inouye -- ih-NOH'-way

Intefadeh -- in-tuh-FAHD'-uh

Peggy Ioakim -- eye-OH'-kihm

Rich Iott -- EYE'-aht

Ipilimumab -- ihp-ee-LIHM'-uh-mab

Allison Iraheta -- eye-rah-HEE'-tah

Irbil -- ur-BEEL'

Atif Irfan -- AH'-tif AYR'-fahn

Irrawaddy delta -- eer-ih-WAH'-dee

Irvine -- UR'-vyn

Johnny Isakson -- EYE'-sihk-sun

Riduan Isamuddin -- ree-DWAN' EESAH'-moodin

Thammarak Isaragura na Ayuthaya -- TAHM'-ah-rahk iz-ah-rahng-GOON' na AY-yoo-TEE'-yah

Neville Isdell -- IHZ'-del

Isfahan -- IHS'-fah-hahn

Islamabad -- ihs-LAH'-muh-bahd' (Slight stress on final syllable, not as strong as stress on second syllable)

Methyl isocyanate -- eye-soh-SY'-uh-nayt

Darrell Issa -- EYE'-suh

Hamdi Issac -- HAHM'-dee EYE'-zik

Comet ISON -- EYE'-sahn

Igor Ivanov -- EE'-gohr ee-VAHN'-awf

Sergei Ivanov -- SUR'-gay ee-VAHN'-awf

Bruce Ivins -- EYE'-vinz

Iwo To -- EE'-woh TOH

Alija Izetbegovic -- AHL'-yuh ee-zeht-BEG'-oh-vich

J

Jabaliya -- juh-BAH'-lee-yuh

Jabir Air Base -- jeh-BEER'

San Jacinto -- hah-SIN'-toh

Jacobabad -- jak-oh-ba-BAHD'

Michael Jacques -- jayks

Gregory Jaczko -- YAHTS'-koh

Jadiriyah -- jahd-REE'-yah

Thoerbjorn Jagland -- TOOR'-byohrn YAHG'-lahnd

George Djura Jakubec -- JUHR'-ah JAK'-oh-behk

Jalalabad -- ju-LAH'-lah-bahd

Beit Jalla -- bayt JAH'-lah

Qatradullah Jamal -- kwah-trah-DOOL'-ah jah-MAL'

Zafarullah Khan Jamali -- zahf-ROO'-luh kahn juh-MAH'-lee

Una James -- YOO'-nah Jammu -- JUM'-moo

Thamsanqa Jantjie -- tahm-SAHN'-kah jahn-JEE'

Ziad Jarrah -- ZY'-ed jur-RAH'

Maurice Jarre -- zhahr

Sven Jaschan -- YAH'-shan

Raed Jaser -- rah-EED' JAH'-sur

Abderraouf Jdey -- ab-der-uf juh-DAY'

Jebaliya -- juh-BAH'-lee-yuh

Ben Jelen -- YEL'-in

Elfriede Jelinek -- ehl-FREE'-duh YEHL'-ih-nehk

Jemaah Islamiyah -- jeh-MAH' is-lah-MEE'-uh

Jena -- JEE'-nuh

Jenin -- juh-NEEN'

Kajal Jhaveri -- KAH'-jihl jah-VEHR'-ee

Yukun Jia -- yoo-koon jah

Haisong Jiang -- hy-SOHN' jee-AHNG'

Tanak Jigme Sangpo -- TAH'-nahk JIHG'-mee SAHNG'-poh

Hurricane Jimena -- hee-MAY'-nuh

Bobby Jindal -- JIN'-dul

Jing Haipeng -- zhing heye-pawng

Jisr al-Shughour, Syria -- JIHS'-ur ah-shee-GOOR'

Steve Jobs -- jahbz

Jeh Johnson -- jay

Jokhang Temple -- joh-kahng Jolo -- HOH'-loh

Jos -- jahs

Louis Jourdain -- johr-DAYN'

Miroslav Jozwiak -- MEER'-roh-slahv yahz-vee-YAK'

Juba, Southern Sudan -- JOO'-buh

Johanna Justin-Jinich -- yoh-HAH'-nah JUHS'-tihn JIHN'-ihk

Majid Jwad -- MAH'-jihd juh-WAHD'

K

Kabardino-Balkariya --- kah-bahr-DEE'-noh bahl-KAH'-ree-ah

Ahmed Tejan Kabbah -- AH'-mehd TEH'-jahn KAH'-bah

Kabul -- KAH'-bool

Tanya Kach -- kash

Jane Kaczmarek -- kaz-MA'-rihk

Lech Kaczynski -- lehk kah-CHIN'-skee

Kadcyla -- kad-SY'-luh

Kadima -- kuh-DEE'-muh

Farouk Kaddoumi -- fah-ROOK' kah-DOO'-mee

Lakshman Kadirgamar -- LAHK'-shmahn kuh-DEER'-guh-mahr

Dias Kadyrbayev -- DY'-us kah-dur-BY'-ehv

Akhmad Kadyrov -- kuh-DEE'-ruhv

Paul Kagame -- keh-GAH'-may

Kalai-Zal -- kah-LAY'-zahl

Jason Kamiya -- ka-MY'-uh

Natascha Kampusch -- nah-TAH'-shuh KAHM'-poosh

Naoto Kan -- now-OH'-toh KAHN

Kankakee -- KANG'-kuh-kee

Rena Kanokogi -- kan-uh-KOHG'-ee

Emil Kapaun -- kah-PAWN'

Karabilah -- ka-ruh-BIL'-uh

Radovan Karadzic -- RA'-doh-van KA'-ra-jich

Costas Karamanlis -- KOH'-stus kar-uh-man-LEES'

Karbala -- KAHR'-bah-lah

Islam Karimov -- EES'-lahm kah-REE'-mahv

Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye -- ahb-deer-uh-HAHM' ky-EED'-eh

Michael Karkoc -- KAHR'-kahts

Raed Karmi -- RAH'-ed KAHR'-mee

Karmiel -- kahr-mee-EHL'

Karnei Shomron -- kahr-NAY' shahm-ROHN'

Neel Kashkari -- kash-KAHR'-ee

Hamid Karzai -- HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye

Qayum Karzai -- ky-OOM' KAHR'-zeye

Kashiwazaki -- kah-shih-wah-zah-kee

Ilyas Kashmiri -- IHL'-ee-uhs

Anurag Kashyap -- AH'-noo-rahg KAHSH'-yahp

Garry Kasparov -- kas-PAHR'-ahf

Mikhail Kasyanov -- kah-see-AH'-nahf

Linda Katehi -- kuh-TAY'-hee

John Katehis -- KAY'-tihs

Katowice -- kah-toh-VEET'-suh

Moshe Katsav -- moh-SHEH' kaht-SAHV'

Katyusha -- kuh-TOO'-shuh

Jorma Kaukonen -- YOR'-mah KOW'-kah-nen

Yoriko Kawaguchi -- yoh-ree-koh kah-wah-goo-chee

Naomi Kawase -- kah-wah-see

Kazaa -- kuh-ZAH'

Kazakhstan -- kah-zahk-STAHN'

Sahel Kazemi -- sah-HEHL' kah-ZEE'-mee

Steven Kazmierczak -- kaz-MUR'-chek

Kehl -- kayl

Kelis -- kuh-LEES'

Bernard Kerik -- KEHR'-ihk

Gil Kerlikowske -- kur-lih-KOW'-skee

David Kernell -- kur-NEL'

Jerome Kerviel -- zheh-ROHM' kehrv-YEHL'

Kfar Darom -- kuh-FAHR' duh-ROHM'

Kfar Giladi -- kfahr gee-lah-DEE'

Kfar Kila -- kuh-FAHR' KEE'-luh

Khabarovsk -- hah-BAH'-rohvsk

Phan Van Khai -- fahn vahn keye

Khaldiyah -- KAHL'-dee-yah

Teresa Borcz Khalifa -- teh-REH'-zah borch kah-LEE'-fah

Zalmay Khalilzad -- ZAHL'-may kah-LEEL'-zahd

Ali Khamenei -- hah-meh-neh-EE'

Abdul Qadeer Khan -- ahb-DOOL' kah-DEER' kahn

Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan -- nah-EEM' nohr kahn

Khaneqin -- hah-nah-KEEN'

Kamal Kharrazi - kah-MAHL' kah-RAH'-zee

Khartoum -- kahr-TOOM'

Mohammad Khatami -- HAH'-tah-mee

Abdul-Ilah Khatib -- ahb-dool-ee-LAH' khah-TEEB'

Ahmed Abu Khattala -- hah-TAH'-lah

Essid Sami Ben Khemais -- EH'-seed ... keh-MEES'

Mikhail Khodorkovsky -- mih-hah-EEL' khoh-dohr-KAHV'-skee

Ayatollah Khomeini -- ah-yah-TOH'-lah hoh-MAY'-nee

Khost -- hohst (heavy stress on first "h'')

Mwai Kibaki -- mwy kih-BAH'-kee

Kibo -- KEE'-boh

Gerald Kicanas -- kih-KA'-nuhs

Adam Kidan -- KIH'-dun

Stephen Kiesle -- KEEZ'-lee

Rinko Kikuchi -- rink-oh kih-koo-chee

Kikuyu - kee-KOO'-yoo

Jakaya Kikwete -- jah-KAH'-yah kee-KWEH'-teh

Nancy Killefer -- KIL'-uh-fur

Kim Jong Il -- kim jawng eel

Kim John Un -- kim jawng oon

Nestor Kirchner -- KURSH'-nur

Kiribati -- keer-ih-BAHS'

Metropolitan Kirill -- meh-troh-pah-lee-TAHN' kih-REEL'

Kirkuk -- keer-KOOK' or keer-KUK'

Kiryat Shemona -- keer-YAHT' shuh-MOHN'-uh

Kkottongnae -- GOHT'-dohng-nay

Paul Klebnikov -- KLEHB'-nih-kahf

Thomas Klestil -- KLAY'-steel

Leiby Kletzky -- -- LY'-bee KLEHTZ'-skee

Amy Klobuchar -- KLOH'-buh-shahr

John Kluge -- KLOO'-gee

Melania Knauss -- meh-LAH'-nee-uh kuh-NOSS'

Takeru Kobayashi -- tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee

Shosei Koda -- shoh-say koh-dah

Andrew Koenig -- KAY'-nihg

Mark Koenig -- KOH'-nig

Nancy Koenig -- KOH'-nihg

Kogelo -- koh-GAY'-lay

Koh Racha -- koh rah-chah

Junichiro Koizumi -- joon-ee-chee-roh koh-ee-zoo-mee

Joshua Komisarjevsky -- koh-mih-sahr-JEV'-skee

Filipp Kondratyev -- fihl-EEP' kahn-DRAHT'-yehv

Joseph Kony -- KOHN'-yee

Tim Kopra -- KOH'-pruh

Valery Korzun -- val-uh-ree kohr-ZOON'

John Koskinen -- KAHS'-kihn-ihn

Vojislav Kostunica -- voh-YEE'-slahv kohsh-too-NEET'-zuh

Hoda Kotb -- HOH'-duh KAHT'-bee

George Kouloheras -- koo-loh-HEHR'-us

Dmitry Kovtun -- dih-MEE'-tree kohv-TUN'

Karen Kraushaar -- KROWS'-hahr

Sergei Krikalev -- SUR'-gay KREE'-kuh-lev

Kristallnacht -- kris-TAHL'-nahkt

Frank Kruesi -- KROOS'-ee

Paul Krugman -- KROOG'-muhn

Ryszard Krystosik -- RIH'-shahrd krih-STAW'-sehk

Brian Krzanich -- krah-ZAN'-ich

Kok Ksor -- kahk kuh-SOHR'

Bassam Salih Kubba -- BAH'-sahm sah-LIH' KOO'-bah

Leonid Kuchma -- KOOCH'-mah

Dennis Kucinich -- koo-SIN'-ich Hans Kueng -- koong

Kufa -- KOO'-fah

Ted Kulongoski -- koo-luhn-GAH'-skee

Anil Kumar -- AH'-nuhl KOO'-mahr

Josias Kumpf -- yoh-SEE'-uhs KOOMF

Kunar -- ku-NAHR'

Kunduz -- KUHN'-dooz

Fazliddin Kurbanov -- fahz-LIHD'-ihn kur-BAH'-nahf

Kushiro -- koo-shee-roh

Kut -- koot

Aleksander Kwasniewski -- kvahsh-NYEV'-skee

David Kwiatkowski -- kwiht-KOW'-skee

Kyrgyzstan -- KEER'-gih-stan

Kyushu -- KYOO'-shoo

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