Place
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Pronunciation
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Note
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Respelling
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IPA
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Aberdeen, Washington
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AB-ər-deen
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Also the city in Maryland
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Abiquiú, New Mexico
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AB-ə-kew
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Acequia, Idaho
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ə-SEE-kwə
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Achilles, Kansas
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ə-KIL-iss
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Advance, North Carolina
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AD-vanss
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Also the place in Missouri
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Alachua, Florida
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ə-LATCH-oo-ay
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Albany, Georgia
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awl-BAY-nee, -BEN-ee
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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AL-bə-kur-kee
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Aloha, Oregon
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ə-LOH-ə
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Amherst, Massachusetts
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AM-ərst
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Arab, Alabama
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AY-rab
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Also the place in Missouri
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Arkansas
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AR-kən-saw
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Arkansas City, Kansas
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ar-KAN-zəss
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Arkansas River
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ar-KAN-zəss
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[1]
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Arriba, Colorado
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ARR-ib-ə
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Armada, Michigan
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AR-may-də
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Athens, Kentucky
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AY-thənz
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Also the places in Illinois and Vermont
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Au Sable River, Michigan
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aw SAY-bəl, ow
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Austwell, Texas
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AWSS-wel
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Avon, New York
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AV-on
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Ayer, Massachusetts
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AY-ər
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Bahama, North Carolina
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bə-HAY-mə
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Balmorhea, Texas
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BAL-mər-AY
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Bangor, Maine
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BANG-gor
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Banquete, Texas
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bang-KET-ee
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Baraga, Michigan
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BAIR-ə-gə
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Barre, Vermont
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BARR-ee, like Barry
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Beatrice, Alabama
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bee-AT-riss
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Also the place in Nebraska
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Beatty, Nevada
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BAY-tee
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Beaufort, South Carolina
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BEW-fərt
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Bedias, Texas
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BEE-dysse
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Belen, New Mexico
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bə-LIN
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Bellefontaine, Ohio
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bel-FOWN-tin
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Belle Fourche River
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bel FOOSH
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Benld, Illinois
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bə-NELD
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Bergen, New York
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BUR-jən
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Berlin
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BUR-lin
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Name of multiple places
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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BETH-ləm
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[2]
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Bexar County, Texas
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BAY-ər or like bear
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Billerica, Massachusetts
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bel-RIK-ə
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Biloxi, Mississippi
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bil-UK-see
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Bingen, Washington
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BIN-jən
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Biscay, Minnesota
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BISS-kee
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Boca Raton, Florida
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BOH-kə rə-TOHN
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Boerne, Texas
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BUR-nee
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Bogata, Texas
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bə-GOH-tə
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Bogota, New Jersey
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bə-GOH-tə
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Bois D'Arc, Missouri
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BOH dark
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Boise, Idaho
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BOY-see, -zee
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[要出典]
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Boise City, Oklahoma
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like Boyce
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[3][n 1]
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Bolivar, Missouri
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BOL-iv-ər
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Name of multiple places[n 2]
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Bolivar Township, Indiana
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BOL-iv-ər
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Bosque County, Texas
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BOSS-kee
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Bossier City, Louisiana
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BOH-zhər
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Bowie, Maryland
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BOO-ee
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Also the place in Texas
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Buena, New Jersey
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BEW-nə
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Buena, Washington
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BEW-en-ə
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Buena Vista, Colorado
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BEW-nə-VISS-tə
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Name of multiple places
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Buck Creek, Indiana
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BUK-rik
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Buddha, Indiana
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BOO-dee
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Buhl, Idaho
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bewl
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Bulverde, Texas
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buul-VUR-dee
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Burgundy Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
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bər-GUN-dee
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Burien, Washington
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BURE-ee-ən
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Burnet, Texas
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BUR-nit
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Burthe Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
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bewth
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Cairo, Georgia
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KAY-roh
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Also the place in Mississippi
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Cairo, Illinois
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KAIR-oh
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Also the places in New York and Ohio
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Cahuenga Pass
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kə-WENG-gə
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Calais, Maine
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KAL-iss
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[n 3]
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Also the place in Vermont
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Calliope Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
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KAL-ee-ohp
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Camano Island
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kə-MAY-noh
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Canaan Valley
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kə-NAYN
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Casa Grande, Arizona
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KASS-ə GRAND
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KASS-ə GRAN-dee
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Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
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kam-PIL
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Canajoharie, New York
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KAN-ə-jə-HAIR-ee
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument
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Canyon de SHAY
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Castile, New York
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koss-TYLE
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Cathlamet, Washington
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kəth-LAM-ət
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Celina, Texas
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sil-EYE-nə
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Chartres Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
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like charter
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Charlevoix, Michigan
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SHAR-lə-voy
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Charlotte, Vermont
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shar-LOT
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Also the place in New York
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Chatham, Massachusetts
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CHAT-əm
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Also the places in New York and New Jersey
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Chauncey, Ohio
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CHAN-see
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Cheesequake, New Jersey
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like "chess quick"
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[4]
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Chehalis River, Washington
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shə-HAY-liss
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Chelan County, Washington
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shil-AN
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Cheyenne, Wyoming
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shy-AN
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Cherryville, North Carolina
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CHUR-vil
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Chewelah, Washington
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chih-WIL-ə
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Chicago
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shik-AH-goh
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Chickasha, Oklahoma
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CHIK-ə-shay
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Chili, New York
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CHY-ly
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[5]
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Also the place in Indiana
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Clatskanie, Oregon
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KLAT-skə-ny
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Clinton, South Carolina
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KLIN-ən
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Coahoma, Mississippi
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kə-HOH-mə
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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
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KOR də-LAYN
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Concord, New Hampshire
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KONK-ərd
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Also the place in Massachusetts
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Conneaut, Ohio
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KON-ee-awt
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Conneautville, Pennsylvania
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KON-ee-awt
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Conetoe, North Carolina
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kə-NEE-tə
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Connecticut
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kə-NET-ik-ət
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Copalis Beach, Washington
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koh-PAY-liss
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Copiague, New York
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koh-PAYG
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Coquille, Oregon
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koh-KEEL
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Cordele, Georgia
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kor-DEEL
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Cordele, Texas
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kor-DEL
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Cotulla, Texas
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kə-TEW-lə
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Coupland, Texas
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like Copeland
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Courtois Creek
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KOH-tə-way
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Coventry, Connecticut
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KOV-ən-tree
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Also the place in Rhode Island
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Coxsackie, New York
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kuuk-SAK-ee
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Creve Coeur, Missouri
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KREEV KOOR
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Cudahy, California
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KUD-ə-h(a)y, KOO-də-
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Dalton, Ohio
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DAL-tən
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Damariscotta, Maine
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dam-riss-KOT-ə
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Darien, Connecticut
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DAIR-ee-AN
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Delhi, California
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DEL-hy
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Name of multiple places
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Del Norte County, California and Del Norte, Colorado
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del NORT
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Demonbreun Street, Nashville, Tennessee
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də-MON-bree-in
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[6]
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Dequindre Cut, Detroit, Michigan
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duu-KWIN-duurr
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Des Moines, Iowa
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dih MOYN
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Des Moines, Washington
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dih MOYNZ
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Deschutes River, Oregon
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dish-OOTS
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Duarte, California
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DWOR-tee
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DuBois, Pennsylvania
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doo-BOYZ, -BOYSS, -BWAH
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[n 4]
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Dubois County, Indiana
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doo-BOYZ, -BOYSS
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[n 4]
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Duenweg, Missouri
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dun-ə-WEG
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Duffau, Texas
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də-FOH
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Dungeness River
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DUN-jin-iss
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[n 5]
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Eau Claire, Michigan
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aw-KLAIR
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[n 6]
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El Dorado, Arkansas
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EL-də-RAY-doh
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Multiple placenames
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El Dorado Springs, Missouri
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EL-də-RAY-doh
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Elbe, Washington
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EL-bee
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Elizabethton
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il-IZ-ə-BEE-thən, like Elizabethan
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Elkhart
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EL-kart
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Name of multiple places
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Elyria, Ohio
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ə-LEER-ee-ə
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Embarras River, Illinois
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AM-braw
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Ephrata, Washington
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ee-FRAY-tə
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[n 7]
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Estacada, Oregon
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ESS-tə-KAY-də
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Faneuil Hall, Boston
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FAN-(ee)-əl
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Floydada, Texas
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floy-DAY-də
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Forked River, New Jersey
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FOR-kid
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Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh
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dew-KAYN
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Fremont, California
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FREE-mont
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Freret, New Orleans
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fər-ET
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Fries, Virginia
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FREEZ, like 'freeze'
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Galice, Oregon
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gə-LEESS
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Gallipolis, Ohio
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GAL-ə-pə-LEESS
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Galveston, Indiana
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gal-VESS-tən
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[n 8]
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Geauga County, Ohio
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jee-AW-gə
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Genoa, New York
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jen-OH-ə
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Ghent, Ohio
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JENT
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Gloucester County, New Jersey
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GLAW-stər
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[n 9]
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Name of multiple places
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Gnadenhutten, Ohio
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jə-NAY-dən-HUT-ən
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Gogebic County, Michigan
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goh-GHEE-bik
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Greenwich, Connecticut
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GREN-itch
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[n 10]
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Greenwich Village
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GREN-itch
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Gruene, New Braunfels, Texas
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like 'green'
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Harlingen, Texas
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HAR-lin-jən
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[n 11]
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Haverhill, Massachusetts
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HAY-vər-il
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Havre, Montana
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HAV-ər
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Havre de Grace, Maryland
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HAV-ər də GRAYSS
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Helena, Alabama
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hə-LEE-nə
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Hereford, Texas
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HUR-fərd
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Also a place in Pennsylvania
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Hindman, Kentucky
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HIM-ən
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[n 12]
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Hochheim, Texas
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HOH-hyme
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Hockessin, Delaware
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HOH-kess-in
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Holcomb, Missouri
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HAW-kəm
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Houston, Delaware
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HOW-stən
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Also places in Georgia and Ohio, and the New York City street
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Houston, Texas
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HEW-stən, YOO-
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[n 13]
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Houston Street, New York City
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HOW-stən
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Hualapai
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WOL-ə-py
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Huger, South Carolina
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HEW-jee, YOO-
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Humble, Texas
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UM-bəl
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Hurricane, Utah
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HUR-ik-ən
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[n 14][n 15]
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Also places in Mississippi and West Virginia
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Illinois
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IL-in-OY
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Ilwaco
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il-WAH-koh
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[n 16]
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Inez, Kentucky
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AN-eez, like 'Annie's'
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[n 17]
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Iowa, Louisiana
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EYE-ə-way
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Iraan, Texas
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EYE-rə-AN
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Ironton
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ARN-tən
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Ischua
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ISH-way
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Isla Vista
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EYE-lə VISS-tə
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Iselin
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IZ-lən
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Isle au Haut
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EYE-lə-hoh
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Islip
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EYESS-lip
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Italy, Texas
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IT-lee
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[n 18]
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Jourdanton, Texas
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JUR-dən-tən
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Juab County
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JOO-ab
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Julian, Pennsylvania
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joo-lee-AN
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Kalaloch
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KLAY-lok
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Kamay, Texas
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KAY-may
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Kamela, Oregon
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kə-MEE-lə
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Kamiah
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KAM-ee-eye
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Kearney
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KAR-nee
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Various places
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Keechelus Lake
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KETCH-əl-əss
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Keuka Lake
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KEW-kə
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Keweenaw County
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KEE-win-aw
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Kissimmee
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kiss-IM-ee
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Kleberg County, Texas
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KLAY-burg
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Kosciusko
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koz-ee-ESS-koh
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Kosciusko County
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koss-ee-OSS-koh
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Kountze, Texas
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KOONTS
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Kure Beach
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KURE-ee
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La Fayette
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lə-F(A)Y-ət
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La Grande
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lə GRAND
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La Jolla
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lə HOY-ə
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Lac Courte Oreilles
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lə-KOO-tə-RAY
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Lafayette
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LA(H)F-ee-ET
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La Plata
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lə PLAY-tə
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Lake Orion
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ORR-ee-ən
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Also other places named "Orion"
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Lake Oswego
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oss-WEE-goh
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Lake Pend Oreille
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pon-də-RAY
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Lalor Street, Trenton
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LAW-lər
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Lamesa, Texas
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lə-MEE-sə
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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LANG-kih-stər
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Lapwai
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LAP-wy
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Latah
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LAY-tah
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Also Latah County
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Leakey
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LAY-kee
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Lebam
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lə-BAM
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Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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LEB-ən-ən
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Also the city in New Hampshire
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Leicester, Massachusetts
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like Lester
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[n 19]
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Leicester, Vermont
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LY-stər
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Lemhi County
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LEM-hy
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Lemoore
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lə-MOR
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Colloquial pronunciation
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LEE-mor
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Official pronunciation
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Leominster
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LEM-in-stər
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Levy, South Carolina
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LEE-vee
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Lewes
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LEW-iss
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Lima
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LY-mə
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Limon, Colorado
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LY-mən
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Livernois Avenue, Detroit
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liv-uurr-NOY
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Lodi
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LOH-dy
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Lompoc
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LOM-pohk
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Los Angeles
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loss AN-jəl-əss
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Louisville
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LOO-iss-vil
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Most places besides the one in Kentucky
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Louisville, Kentucky
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LUV-əl
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LOO-ə-vəl
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Lowville, New York
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LOW-vil
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Mabank
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MAY-bank
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Mackinac Island
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MAK-in-aw
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Madras, Oregon
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MAD-rəss
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Madrid, Alabama
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MAD-rid
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Name of various places
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Malad River
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mə-LAD
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Malheur River
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MAL-hure
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Manchaca, Texas
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MAN-shak
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Manor, Texas
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MAY-nər
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Mantua, Utah
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MAN-ə-way
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Marathon, Texas
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MAIR-ə-thən
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Marquam
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MAR-kəm
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Marquez, Texas
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mar-KAY
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Marseilles, Illinois
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mar-SAYLZ
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Also a place in Ohio
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Martinez, Georgia
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mar-tin-EZ
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Maryland
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MARR-il-ənd
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[n 20]
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Mattapan
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mat-ə-PAN
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Maury County
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MUR-ee
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Mazatzal Mountains
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mat-ə-ZEL
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McGaheysville, Virginia
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mə-GAK-eez-vil
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Meagher County, Montana
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MAR
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Mebane, North Carolina
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MEB-ən
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Medina, Ohio
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mid-EYE-nə
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Also places in Washington and New York
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Melpomene Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
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MEL-pəm-een
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Mentor, Ohio
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MEN-(t)ər
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Mesa, Washington
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MEE-sə
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Methow
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MET-ow
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Mexia, Texas
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mə-HAY-ə
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Miami, Oklahoma
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my-AM-ə
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[n 21]
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Also a place in Texas
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Micanopy
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MIK-ə-NOH-pee
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Michigan
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MISH-ig-ən
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Milan, Illinois
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MY-lən
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Name of multiple places
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Minam, Oregon
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MY-nəm
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Minot, North Dakota
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MY-not
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Missouri
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miz-UR-ee
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Mobile, Alabama
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moh-BEEL
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Mogollon Rim
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mug-ih-YOHN
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Monson, Massachusetts
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MUN-sən
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Montague, Texas
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MON-tag
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Montpelier, Vermont
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mont-PEE-lee-ər
|
[n 22]
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Pronunciation used for the other places with this name
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Montpelier, Virginia
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mont-pə-LEER
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Moscow, Idaho
|
MOSS-koh
|
[n 23]
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Also a place in Tennessee
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Mount Desert Island
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diz-URT
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[n 24]
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Munday, Texas
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MUN-dee
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Mulino, Oregon
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mə-LYNE-oh
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Mukilteo
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MUK-əl-TEE-oh
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Muskegon
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mə-SKEE-gən
|
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Nacogdoches
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NAK-ə-DOH-chiss
|
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Nahant
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nə-HAHNT
|
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Nahma Township
|
NAY-mə
|
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Naselle
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nay-SEL
|
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Natchitoches
|
NAK-ih-təsh
|
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Nederland, Texas
|
NEE-dər-lənd
|
|
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Nehalem
|
nee-HAY-ləm
|
|
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Nenana River
|
nee-NAN-ə
|
|
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Neodesha
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nee-OH-də-shay
|
|
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Nespelem
|
ness-PEE-ləm
|
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Netarts
|
NEE-tarts
|
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Nevada (state)
|
niv-AD-ə
|
[n 25]
|
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Nevada (cities)
|
niv-AY-də
|
|
|
Nevada County
|
niv-AY-də
|
|
|
Newark, Ohio
|
NURK
|
[n 26]
|
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New Athens
|
New AY-thənz
|
|
Name of multiple places
|
New Berlin
|
New BUR-lin
|
|
Name of multiple places
|
New Orleans
|
new OR-linz
|
[n 27]
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New Madrid, Missouri
|
New MAD-rid
|
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New Prague, Minnesota
|
New PRAYG
|
|
|
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
|
New trih-POH-lee
|
|
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Noel, Missouri
|
NOHL
|
|
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Norfolk, Nebraska
|
NOR-fork
|
|
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Norfolk, Virginia
|
NOR-fuuk
|
[n 28]
|
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Ochelata
|
oh-shə-LAY-tə
|
|
|
Ochiltree County
|
OK-əl-tree
|
|
|
Ojai
|
OH-hy
|
|
As per the Spanish
|
Olathe
|
oh-LAY-thə
|
|
|
Olean
|
OH-lee-ann
|
|
|
Ontonagon River
|
ON-tə-NAH-gən
|
|
|
Orcas Island
|
OR-kəss
|
|
|
Ouray
|
YOOR-ay
|
|
|
Palacios
|
pə-LASH-əss
|
|
|
Palermo, North Dakota
|
PAL-ər-moh
|
|
|
Palestine, Texas
|
PAL-ist-een
|
[n 29]
|
Also East Palestine, Ohio (stress changes: PAL-ist-EEN )
|
Palo Gaucho Bayou, Texas
|
PAH-lee-GAHTCH
|
|
|
Palouse
|
pə-LOOSS
|
|
|
Paso Robles
|
PASS-ə ROH-bəlz
|
|
|
Pass Christian
|
PASS-kriss-chee-AN
|
[n 30]
|
|
Patchogue
|
PATCH-og
|
|
|
Pawtucket
|
pə-TUK-it
|
|
|
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
PEE-bə-dee
|
[7]
|
|
Pearrygin Lake
|
PAIR-ij-in
|
|
|
Pedernales
|
PUR-də-NAL-iss
|
|
|
Pend Oreille River
|
PON-də-RAY
|
|
|
Peoria, Iowa
|
PIRR-ee
|
|
|
Peru, Indiana
|
PEE-roo
|
|
|
Picabo
|
like peek-a-boo
|
|
|
Piceance Creek
|
PEE-a(w)nss
|
|
|
Pierre, South Dakota
|
peer, like 'pier'
|
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
PITS-burg
|
|
|
Placer County
|
PLASS-ər
|
|
|
Placerville
|
PLASS-ər-vil
|
|
|
Plano
|
PLAY-noh
|
[n 31]
|
|
Plymouth
|
PLIM-əth
|
|
|
Point Mugu
|
Point mə-GOO
|
|
|
Pojoaque
|
pə-WAH-kee
|
[n 32]
|
|
Pompeii, Michigan
|
POM-pee-eye
|
[n 33]
|
|
Port Bolivar
|
Port BOL-iv-ər
|
|
|
Port Hueneme
|
port wy-NEE-mee
|
|
|
Poth
|
pohth
|
|
|
Poughkeepsie
|
pə-KIP-see
|
|
|
Poulsbo
|
PAWLZ-boh, like 'Paul's bow'
|
|
|
Poway
|
POW-ay
|
|
|
Prague, Oklahoma
|
prayg
|
|
|
Puget Sound
|
PEW-jit
|
|
|
Pulaski, New York
|
pə-LASS-ky
|
|
|
Purgatoire River
|
PIK-it-wire
|
|
|
Puyallup, Washington
|
pew-AWL-əp
|
|
Local pronunciation
|
pew-AL-əp
|
|
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
KWIN-zee
|
|
|
Quitaque
|
KIT-ə-kway
|
|
|
Qulin
|
KEW-lin
|
|
|
Raleigh
|
RAH-lee
|
[n 34]
|
|
Refugio, California
|
rə-FEW-fee-oh, -hee-
|
|
Name of multiple places
|
Refugio, Texas
|
rə-FURE-ee-oh
|
|
|
Rensselaer
|
REN-sə-LEER
|
|
Name of multiple places
|
Rhea County
|
RAY
|
|
|
Riga, New York
|
RY-gə
|
|
|
Rio
|
RY-oh
|
|
In Florida and Wisconsin
|
Rio Grande, Ohio
|
RY-oh GRAND
|
|
|
Ronkonkoma
|
ron-KONG-kə-mə
|
|
|
Ruch
|
ROOSH
|
|
|
Russia, Ohio
|
ROOSH-ee
|
|
|
Russiaville
|
ROOSH-ee-vil
|
|
|
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
|
RULF-tən
|
|
|
Saguache, Colorado (town and county)
|
sə-WAHTCH
|
|
|
Salida, Colorado
|
sə-LY-də
|
|
|
Saline, Michigan
|
sə-LEEN
|
|
|
Samish Island
|
SAM-ish
|
|
|
Sammamish
|
sə-MAM-ish
|
|
|
San Jose, Illinois
|
san JOHZ
|
|
|
San Luis Obispo, California
|
Middle word LOO-iss
|
|
|
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
|
san PEE-droh
|
|
|
San Rafael, California
|
san rə-FEL
|
|
|
San Xavier, Arizona
|
san HAH-vee-ay
|
|
|
Sangre Street, Stillwater, Oklahoma
|
ZANG-ər
|
|
|
Sault Sainte Marie
|
SOO saynt mə-REE
|
|
|
Schaghticoke
|
SKAT-(ih)-kuuk
|
|
|
Schuylkill River
|
SKOO-kəl
|
|
|
Scioto (various), Ohio
|
sy-OH-tə
|
|
|
Scituate
|
SITCH-oo-it
|
|
|
Sebring, Florida
|
SEE-bring
|
|
|
Sedro-Woolley
|
SEE-droh WUUL-ee
|
|
|
Sekiu
|
SEE-kew
|
|
|
Semiahmoo Bay
|
sem-ee-AH-moh
|
|
|
Sequim
|
SKWIM
|
|
|
Shawangunk Ridge
|
SHON-gum
|
[n 35]
|
|
Shawano
|
SHAWN-oh
|
|
|
Shoshone, Idaho
|
shoh-SHOHN
|
|
|
Sigourney, Iowa
|
SIG-ər-nee
|
[n 36]
|
|
Siuslaw River
|
sy-YOO-slaw
|
|
|
Skagit
|
SKAJ-it
|
|
Various places
|
Skamokawa
|
skə-MOK-ə-way
|
|
|
Skaneateles Lake
|
SKIN-ee-AT-ləss, like "skinny atlas"
|
|
|
Socastee
|
SOK-ə-stee
|
|
|
Sol Duc River
|
like "Soul Duck River"
|
|
|
Spokane
|
spoh-KAN
|
|
|
Staunton, Virginia
|
like Stanton
|
|
|
Stehekin
|
stə-HEE-kin
|
|
|
Steilacoom
|
STIL-ə-kum
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
Strait of HWAHN də FEW-kə
|
|
|
Study Butte
|
STEW-dee BEWT
|
|
|
Suisun City
|
siss-OON
|
|
|
Swarthmore
|
SWAHTH-mor
|
|
|
Swansea
|
SWON-zee
|
|
|
Tahawus
|
tə-HAWZ
|
|
|
Taliaferro County
|
TOL-iv-ər
|
|
|
Tallmadge, Ohio
|
TAL-mij
|
|
|
Tanana River
|
TAN-ə-nah
|
|
|
Tazewell, Virginia
|
TAZ-wel
|
|
Name of multiple places
|
Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans
|
CHOP-ih-TOO-ləss
|
|
|
Tekoa, Washington
|
TEE-koh
|
|
|
Telocaset
|
TEL-ə-KASS-it
|
|
|
Terre Haute
|
TERR-ə HOHT, HUT
|
|
|
Tewksbury
|
TUUKS-bə-ree
|
|
|
Thames River, Connecticut
|
THAYMZ, not TEMZ
|
, not
|
|
The Dalles
|
The DALZ
|
|
|
Thibodaux
|
TIB-ə-doh
|
|
|
Thoreau, New Mexico
|
thə-ROO
|
|
|
Throop
|
TROOP, like 'troop'
|
|
|
Tieton
|
TY-ə-tən
|
|
|
Tigard
|
TY-gərd
|
|
|
Tillamook
|
TIL-əm-ik
|
|
|
TIL-əm-uuk
|
|
|
Tok
|
TOHK
|
|
|
Tooele
|
too-IL-ə
|
|
|
Topsail Beach
|
TOP-səl Beach
|
|
|
Topsham
|
TOP-səm
|
|
|
Touchet River
|
TOO-shee
|
|
|
Tow, Texas
|
TOW
|
|
|
Towaoc, Colorado
|
TOY-awk
|
|
|
Towson
|
TOW-sən
|
|
|
Tripoli, Iowa
|
trip-OH-lə
|
|
|
Tualatin
|
too-AH-lə-tin
|
|
|
Tucson
|
TOO-son
|
|
|
Tulare
|
tuul-AIR-(ee)
|
|
|
Tuolumne River
|
too-OL-əm-ee
|
|
|
Tygh Valley
|
TY, like 'tie'
|
|
|
Uhland
|
YOO-lənd
|
|
|
Utley, Texas
|
YOOT-lee
|
|
|
Valatie
|
və-LAY-shə
|
|
|
Valdez, Alaska
|
val-DEEZ
|
|
|
Vallejo
|
və-LAY-(h)oh
|
|
|
Vedauwoo, Wyoming
|
VEE-də-voo
|
|
|
Veneta
|
vin-EE-tə
|
|
|
Venetie
|
VEEN-it-eye
|
|
|
Verdi
|
VUR-dy
|
|
|
Vergennes
|
vər-JENZ
|
|
|
Versailles
|
vur-SAYLZ
|
|
Various places
|
Vici
|
VY-sy
|
|
|
Vienna
|
vy-AN-ə
|
|
In Illinois, Ohio, and South Dakota
|
Visalia
|
vy-SAY-lee-ə
|
|
|
Waelder
|
like welder
|
|
|
Wahkiakum County
|
wə-KY-ə-kəm
|
|
|
Wallowa Mountains
|
wə-LOW-ə
|
|
|
Waltham
|
WAWL-tham
|
[n 37]
|
|
Waukesha
|
WAW-kish-aw
|
|
|
Waupun
|
WAW-pawn
|
|
|
Waxahachie
|
WOK-sə-HATCH-ee
|
|
|
Waynoka
|
wə-NOH-kə
|
|
|
Wayzata
|
wy-ZET-ə
|
|
|
Weippe
|
WEE-ype
|
|
|
Weiser
|
WEEZ-ər
|
|
|
Whitemarsh Island
|
WHIT-marsh
|
|
|
Wilkes-Barre
|
BARR-ə
|
|
|
like Barry
|
|
|
BARR
|
|
|
Willamette River
|
wil-AM-it
|
|
|
Willapa River
|
WIL-ə-pah
|
|
|
Woburn
|
WOO-bərn
|
[n 38]
|
|
Wooster
|
WUUSS-tər
|
[n 39]
|
|
Worcester
|
WUUSS-tər
|
[n 40]
|
Various places
|
Wyandanch
|
WY-ən-dantch
|
|
|
Wytheville, Virginia
|
|
|
|
Yakima
|
YAK-ə-mah
|
[n 41]
|
|
Yachats
|
YAH-hahts
|
|
|
Yaquina Bay
|
yə-KWIN-ə
|
|
|
Yocona River
|
YOK-nee
|
|
|
Youghiogheny River
|
YAW-kə-GAY-nee
|
|
|
Ypsilanti
|
IP-sil-AN-tee
|
|
|
Yreka
|
wy-REE-kə
|
|
|
Zabcikville
|
ZAHB-chik-vil
|
|
|
Zuehl, Texas
|
ZEEL
|
|
|
Zzyzx, California
|
ZY-ziks
|
|
|