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=Cairo= (Italy and Egypt)--ki'ro, not ka'ro. =Cairo= (U.
S.)--ka'ro.
=Calais=--kal'is or ka-la', not ka-las'.
=Canton= (China)--kan-ton', not kan'ton. =Canton= (U.
S.)--kan'ton.
=Cape Girardeau=--jee-rar-do', not jee-rar'do.
=Caribbean= or =Carribbean=--kar-ib-be'an, not ka-rib'be-an.
=Cashmere=--kash-meer', not kash'mere.
=Cayenne=--ki-en' or ka-yen', not ka-en'.
=Cheyenne=--she-en', not s.h.i.+-en' nor cha-en'.
=Chili=--chil'lee, not she'lee.
=Christiania=--kris-te-a'ne-a, not kris-te-a'ne-a nor kris-te-an'a.
=Chuquisaca=--choo-ke-sa'ka, not choo-kwis'a-ka.
=Cincinnati=--sin-sin-nah'ti, not sin-sin-nat'ta.
=Cochin China=--ko'chin chi'na, not koch'in chi'na.
=Delhi= (India)--del'lee, not del'hi. =Delhi= (U.
S.)--del'hi.
=Dubuque=--du-book', not du-buk'.
=Fezzan=--fez-zan', not fez'zan nor fez-zan'.
=Freiburg=--fri'boorg, not fre'burg.
=Genoa=--jen'o-a, not je-no'a.
=Gloucester=--glos'ter, not as spelled. =Gloucesters.h.i.+re= (glos'ter-s.h.i.+r).
=Greenwich= (England)--grin'idge, not as spelled.
=Greenwich= (U. S.)--green'ich.
=Havre de Grace=--hav'er de gra.s.s, not ha'ver de gras'.
French p.r.o.nunciation, ha'v'r deh gra.s.s or a'v'r deh gra.s.s'.
=Iowa=--i'o-wa, not i-o'wa nor i'o-wa.
=Java= (Island)--ja'va, not jav'a nor ja'va. =Java= (U.
S.)--ja'va.
=Jeddo= (j.a.pan)--yed'do, not jed'do. =Jeddo= (U.
S.)--jed'do.
=Juniata=--joo-ne-ah'ta, not joo-ne-et'a.
=Kankakee=--kan-kaw'kee, not kang-ka-kee'.
=Ladoga=--la'do-ga, not la-do'ga.
=Lausanne= (Switzerland)--lo-zan', not law-san'. =Lausanne= (Pennsylvania)--law-san'.
=Leicester=--les'ter, not as spelled. =Leicesters.h.i.+re= (les'ter-s.h.i.+r).
=Leipsic= (Saxony)--lip'sik, not leep'sik. =Leipsic= (U.
S.)--leep'sik.
=Madrid= (Spain)--ma-drid', not mad'rid; Spanish p.r.o.nunciation, ma-DreeD'--almost maTH-reeTH'. =Madrid= (U.
S.)--mad'rid.
=Mauch Chunk=--mawk chunk', not mawch shunk'.
=Milan=--mil'an, not mi'lan.
=Modena= (Italy)--mod'en-a, not mo-de'na. =Modena= (U.
S.)--mo-de'na.
=Nantes=--nantz, not nan'tez; French p.r.o.nunciation, nongt.
=Neufchatel=--nush-a-tel', not noof'chat-el.
=Newfoundland=--nu'fond-land', not nu-found'land.
=Norwich= (England)--nor'rij, not nor'wich. =Norwich= (U. S.)--nor'wich or nor'rich.
=Otaheite=--o-ta-hee'te, not o-ta-heet'.
=Panama=--pan-a-ma', not pan'a-maw.
=Persia=--per'she-a, not per'zhe-a.
=Pesth=--pest, not pesth; Hungarian p.r.o.nunciation, pesht.
=Piqua=--pik'wa, not pik'wa.
=Pompeii=--pom-pa'yee, not pom'pe-i.
=Popocatapetl=--po-po-ka-ta-petl', not po-po-kat-a-pe'tel.
