AP-News Pronunciation Guide A-C

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Abakan -- ah-bah-KAHN'

Feroz Abbasi -- feh-ROOZ' ah-BAH'-see

Abul Abbas -- AH'-bool ah-BAHS'

Mahmoud Abbas -- mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS'

Mahmoud Abdel-Baset -- mah-MOOD' ab-DEHL'-BA'-set

Anthony Abbate -- ah-BAHT'-ee

Raouf Abdel-Rahman -- rah-OOF' AHB'-del RAKH-men

Nuradin Abdi -- NUR'-uh-din AHB'-dee

Bilal Abdullah -- BIL'-ahl ab-DUHL'-uh

King Abdullah -- ab-DUHL'-uh

Agron Abdullahu -- AG'-rahn ab-DOO'-lah-hoo

Adel Abdul-Mahdi -- ah-DEEL' AHB'-dool-MAH'-dee

Shinzo Abe -- shin-zoh ah-bay

Huma Abedin -- HOO'-muh AB'-uh-deen

Abidjan -- ah-bee-JAHN'

John Abizaid -- AB'-ih-zayd

Ahmed Aboul Gheit -- AKH'-med ah-BOOL' RAYT

Jack Abramoff -- AY'-bruh-mahf

Khaled Abu Arafa -- HAH'-lid AH'-boo AR'-ah-feh

Mahmoud Abuarqoub -- mah-MOOD' ah-BOO'-kwab

Abu Ghraib -- grayb

Abu Hafs -- AH'-boo HUHFS

Abu Hazim al-Sha'ir -- AH'-boo hah-ZEEM' al-shah-EER'

Abuja -- ah-BOO'-juh

Mumia Abu-Jamal -- moo-MEE'-ah AH'-boo jah-MAHL'

Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook -- MOOS'-ah moh-HAH'-med AH'-boo mahr-ZOOK'

Nabil Abu Rdeneh -- nuh-BEEL' AH'-boo ruh-DIH'-nay

Abu Sayyaf -- AH'-boo SEYE'-yahf

Angel Acebes -- AHN'-hel ah-THAY'-behs

Acela -- uh-SEL'-luh

Acetaminophen -- a-see-tuh-MIHN'-oh-fen

Anibal Acevedo Vila -- AH'-nee-bahl ah-seh-VAY'-doh VEE'-lah

Dean Acosta -- uh-KOHS'-tuh

Acre, Israel -- AH'-koh

Udi Adam -- OO'-dee AH'-dahm

Addis Ababa -- AD'-ihs AB'-uh-buh

Khalid Adem -- KAH'-lihd AH'-duhm

Jason Ader -- AY'-dur

Bhumibol Adulyadej -- POOM'-ee-pahn ah-DOON'-yah-dayt

Afula -- ah-FOO'-lah

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

Adnan -- AHD'-nahn

Mehmet Ali Agca -- MEH'-met AH'-lee AH'-juh

Gul Agha -- gool AH'-guh

Shohreh Aghdashloo -- SHOH'-reh ahg-DAHSH'-loo

John Agwunobi -- ag-wuh-NOH'-bee

Bertie Ahern -- uh-HURN'

Babar Ahmad -- BAH'-bahr AH'-mahd

Ahmadabad -- AHM'-duh-bahd

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd

Franklin Ajaye -- AY'-jay

David Ajemian -- ah-JEE'-mee-uhn

Daniel Akaka -- ah-KAH'-kah

Askar Akayev -- AHS'-kahr ah-KY'-ev

Hasan Akbar -- AK'-bar

Kamran Akhtar -- AHK'-tahr

Mullah Mohammed Hasan Akhund -- MOO'-lah moh-HAHM'-ed hah-SUHN' uh-HOOND'

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje -- ah-day-WAH'-lay ah-kih-NOY'-yay ah-BAH'-jay

Jamal Akkal -- jah-MAHL' AH'-kel

Roberto Alagna -- ahl-AH'-nyuh

Alakai -- AH'-lah-ky

Ricardo Alarcon -- ah-lahr-KOHN'

Mohammad Alavi -- ah-LAH'-vee

Albert Lea -- lee

Michael Lopez-Alegria -- ah-leh-GREE'-uh

Boniface Alexandre -- BOHN'-ee-fahs ahl-ek-SAHN'-druh

Riad Ali -- ree-AHD' ah-LEE'

Ilham Aliyev -- ihl-HAHM' ah-lee-EHV'

Ayad Allawi -- EE'-yahd ah-LAH'-wee

Alli -- AL'-eye

Altria -- AL'-tree-uh

Sahim Alwan -- sah-HEEM' al-WAHN'

Al-, al-, al

Note: The use of "al" in Arabic names varies from country to country, and even within families. Some Arabs use "Al"; others use "al". Some separate the "al" from the following name with a space or a hyphen. Some Arabs use "el" instead of "al."

The AP's practice is to use the common accepted form on well-known names or the form preferred by an individual.

Saif al-Adl -- sayf al-AD'-ul

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin -- jah-MEEL' ab-DUHL'-uh al-ah-MEEN'

Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal -- HAHM'-dee ahl-uh-DAHL'

Al Aqsa -- ahl AHK'-sah

Azzan al-Amriki -- ah-ZAHN' ahl-ahm-RIH'-kee

Sami Al-Arian -- SAM'-ee al EHR'-ee-an

Al-Arabiyah -- ahl-ah-rih-BEE'-yah

Sami al-Askari -- SAH'-mee ahl as-KAHR'-ee

Mukhtar al-Bakri -- MOOK'-tahr al-BAHK'-ree

Al-Barakaat -- ahl-bahr-uh-KAT'

Ali al-Dabbagh -- ahl-dah-BAHG'

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri -- EE'-zaht EE'-brah-heem ahl DOOR'-ee

Mohammed Al-Douri -- ahl DOOR'-ee

Khalil al-Dulaimi -- kah-LEEL' ahl-doo-LAY'-mee

Jamal Al-Fadl -- ahl-FAHD'-uhl

Saud al-Faisal -- sah-OOD' ahl fy-ZAHL'

Mohamed al-Fayed -- ahl-FY'-ehd

Fathur Al-Ghozi -- faht-HOOR' al-GOH'-zee

Abu Zubair al-Haili -- ah-boo zoo-BY'-ur ahl-hy-EE'-lee

Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim -- BAH'-keer ahl hah-KEEM'

Ahmad al-Halabi -- ah-MEHD' ehl HAH'-luh-bee

Khaled bin Ouda bin Mohammed al-Harby -- KHAH'-lid bin OO'-duh bin moh-HAH'-med ahl-HAHR'-bee

Hajim al-Hassani -- HAH'-jim ahl hah-SAH'-nee

Aquila al-Hashimi -- ah-KEE'-lah ahl HAH'-shee-mee

Sami Omar Al-Hussayen -- SAM'-mee OH'-mahr al hoo-SAY'-ihn

Alhurra -- ahl-HUR'-ruh

Farouk Ali -- fah-ROOK' ah-LEE'

Samuel Alito -- ahl-EE'-toh

Ibrahim al-Jaafari -- EE'-brah-heem ahl JAH'-fah-ree

Yassir al-Jaziri -- yah-sur ahl jah-ZEER'-ee

Adel al-Jubeir -- AD'-duhl ahl-joo-BEHR'

Hamid al-Kafai -- HAH'-mid ahl-kuh-FEYE

Fadhil Al-Khaledy -- FAH'-deel ahl-KUH'-lay-dee

Abdullah Al Khalifa -- hah-LEE-fah

Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khattab -- MAH'-mood ahl-huh-TAHB'

Nasser Al-Kidwa -- ahl KIHD'-wah

Abu Farraj al-Libbi -- ah-BOO' fuh-RAZH' ahl LIH'-bee

Abu Laith al-Libi -- ah-BOO' LAYTH ahl-LIH'-bee

Abu Yahia al-Libi -- ah-BOO' yah-HEE'-ah ahl LIH'-bee

Ali Hassan al-Majid -- ah-LEE' hah-SAHN' ahl mah-ZHEED'

Jawad al-Maliki -- jah-WEHD' ahl-MAHL'-ee-kee

Nouri al-Maliki -- NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee

Nabil Al-Marabh -- nuh-BEEL' ahl-muh-RAHB'

Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani -- dah-OOD' mahk-MOOD' al-mah-sha-DAH'-nee

Abu Ayyub al-Masri -- ah-BOO' eye-YOOB' ahl MAH'-sree

Abu Hamza al-Masri -- AH'-boo HAHM'-zuh ahl MAHZ'-ree

Abu Obeida al-Masri -- ah-boo oh-BAY'-duh ahl-MAHZ'-ree

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi -- AHB'-dehl BAH'-seht AH'-lee ahl-meh-GRAH'-hee

Mohammed Al Hasan Al-Moayad -- hah-SAHN' ahl maw-YAHD'

Hussam Almousaly -- huh-SAM' ahl-MOO'-sah-lee

Abdulaziz al-Moqrin -- ahb-dool-uh-ZEEZ' ahl MOH'-krin

Jaafar al-Moussawi -- JA'-fur al-moo-SOW'-ee

Abu Hamza al Muhajer -- AH'-boo HAM'-zah ahl muh-HAJ'-ur

Abdullah al Muhajir -- ahl-moo-hah-JEER'

Sami al-Mutairi -- SA'-mee al-moo-ty-EE'-ree

Abdur Rahman al-Najdi -- ahb-dur rah-mahn al-NAHZH'-dee

Mazen Al-Najjar -- MAH'-zen al-NAH'-jar

Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib -- zoo-HAHR' TAH-lihb ab-dahl SAH'tar al nah-KEEB'

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri -- ahbd al-ruh-HEEM' al-nuh-SHEE'-ree

Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali -- moh-HAH'-mehd rah-SHEED' dah-ood ahl-oh-WAHL'-ee

Yasin al-Qadi -- yah-sin ahl-KAH'-dee

Al-Qaida -- al-KY'-ee-duh

Al-Qaqaa -- al-KAH'-kah

Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei -- fuh-WEHZ' WAH'-yuh ahl-rah-BY'-ee

Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi -- eye-YAHD' fuh-TYAH' khuh-lee-fuh al-RAH'-wee

Essam al-Rawi -- eh-SAHM' al-RAH'-wee

Mohammed Al Rehaief -- ahl-RAY'-ehf

Mouwafak al-Rubaie -- moh-WAH'-fahk ahl-roo-BAH'-ee

Amer al-Saadi -- ah-MEHR' ahl SAH'-dee

Muqtada al-Sadr -- mook-TAH'-duh ahl SAH'-dur

Hamed al-Saeedi -- HAM'-id ahl-sah-EE'-dee

Mohammed Saeed al Sahhaf -- moh-HAH'-mehd sah-EED' ahl sah-HAHF'

al-Sajr -- ahl-SIH'-jur

Saud Abdulaziz Saud al-Rasheed -- sah-OOD' ahb-del-ah-ZEEZ' sah-OOD'ahl-rah-SHEED'

Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah -- jah-BAYR' ahl ah-MEHD' ahl sa-BAH'

Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah -- sahd ahl ab-DUHL'-luh ahl sa-BAH'

Al Sayd -- al-sah-HOOD'

Hussain al-Shahristani -- hoo-SAYN' ahl SHI'-ri-stah-nee

Ihab al-Sherif -- ee-HAHB' ahl sheh-REEF'

Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani -- ah-lee ahl-hoo-SAY'-nee ahl-sih-STAH'-nee

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie -- AH'-mehd koo-SAY' ahl-TAH'-ee

Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani -- HAH'-mihd bihn JAH'-sihm ahl THAH'-nee

Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti -- moo-zah-HEEM' sahb HAH'-sahn al-tih-KREE'-tee

Ali al-Timimi -- tih-MEE'-mee

Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez -- hay-SOOS' kee-EHSH'

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer -- GAH'-zee MAH'-shahl uh-JEEL' ahl-YOW'-ur

Faris Ahmed Jamaan al-Showeel al-Zahrani -- FAH'-rehs HAH'-mehd zhuh-MAHN' al-shoh-WAYL' al-zah-RAH'-nee

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- AH'-boo MOO'-sahb ahl-zahr-KOW'-ee

Ayman al-Zawahri -- AY'-muhn ahl-ZWAH'-ree

Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi -- HAHMZ'-uh ahl-zoo-BY'-dee

Mohammed Mohsen al-Zubaidi -- moh-SEHN' ahl-zoo-BY'-dee

Salam al-Zubaie -- ahl-zoo-BAH'-ee

Am to Az

Amarah -- ah-MAHR'-uh

Goli Ameri -- uh-MAHR'-ee

Ameren -- AM'-uh-rehn

AmerUs Group -- uh-MEHR'-us

Haron Amin -- hah-ROHN' ah-MEEN'

Hossam Mohamed Amin -- hah-SAHM' moh-HAH'-med ah-MEEN'

Rizgar Mohammed Amin -- RIZ'-gahr moh-HAH'-med ah-MEEN'

Aminopterin -- am-in-AHP'-tur-in

Amman -- ah-MAHN'

Nabil Amr -- nah-BEEL' AH'-mur

Amrozi bin Nurhasyim -- am-ROH'-zee bihn noor-hah-SEEM'

Eva Amurri -- EH'-vuh uh-MUR'-ee

Phil Angelides -- an-juh-LEE'-deez

Anguilla -- ang-GWIL'-uh

Ankara -- ANG'-kuh-ruh

Kofi Annan -- KOH'-fee AN'-nan

Anousheh Ansari -- ah-NOO'-shuh an-SAH'-ree

Michelangelo Antonioni -- mee-kehl-AHN'-jeh-loh ahn-toh-nee-OH'-nee

Apalachicola -- ap-uh-lach-ih-KOH'-luh

Judd Apatow -- AP'-ih-tow

Aqaba -- AH'-kah-bah

Leandro Aragoncillo -- ah-rah-gun-SEE'-yoh

Maher Arar -- MAH'-hur uh-RAHR'

Eddie Araujo -- uh-ROW'-hoh

Lee Archambault -- AHR'-sham-boh

David Archuleta -- ahr-choo-LET'-uh

Elvira Arellano -- el-VEE'-ruh ah-ray-AH'-noh

Saul Arellano -- sah-OOL' ah-ray-AH'-noh

Javier Arellano-Felix -- HAH'-vee-yehr ah-ray-YAH'-noh fay-LEEKS'

Greg Argyros -- AHR'-jih-ruhs

Arica -- ah-REE'-kah

Michael Arif -- uh-REEF'

Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- zhahn behr-TRAHN' ahr-ihs-TEED'

Enaam Arnaout -- EE'-nam ahr-NAHT'

Aroostook -- ah-RUHS'-tuk

Gerard Arpey -- AHR'-pee

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo -- mah-kuh-puh-GAHL' uh-ROY'-oh

Vladimir Arutyunian -- vlahd-EE'-meer ah-roo-tyoo-NYAHN'

Ashoura -- ah-SHOOR'-ah

Hamid Reza Asefi -- HAH'-mihd RAY'-zah ah-seh-FEE'

Hassan Asfour -- HAH'-sahn AHS'-fohr

Ashkelon -- ASH'-kuh-lohn

Abdelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar -- ahb-DEL'-hah-leem HAH'-san

ahb-DEL'-rahz-eek AHSH'-kahr

Hanan Ashrawi -- HAH'-nahn ash-ROW'-ee

Manfo Kwaku Asiedu -- MAHN'-foh KWAH'-koo ah-see-EH'-doo

Askariya -- ah-skah-REE'-ah

Othniel Askew -- AHTH'-neel AS'-kyoo

Bashar Assad -- bah-SHAHR' AH'-sahd

Haroon Rashid Aswat -- hah-ROON' rah-SHEED' AHZ'-waht

Mohammed Atef -- AH'-tehf

Shatha Atiya -- SHAH'-thah ah-TEE'-yah

Michel Aoun -- mih-SHEL' ah-OON'

Pekka-Eric Auvinen -- PEK'-ah EHR'-ik OW'-ee-nehn

Avaya -- uh-VY'-uh

Lixion Avila -- LIHKS'-ee-ohn AH'-vee-lah

Osama Awadallah -- ah-wah-DAH'-lah

Anna Ayala -- eye-AH'-luh

Daniel Ayalon -- eye-yuh-LOHN'

Azerbaijan -- ah-zur-by-JAHN'

Shaukat Aziz -- show-KAHT' ah-ZEEZ'

Tariq Azizuddin -- ah-zee-zoo-DEEN'

Az Zubayr -- ahz zoo-BY'-ur

B

Baalbek -- BAHL'-behk

Baath party -- bath

Mohammed Junaid Babar -- joo-NAYD' buh-BAHR'

Babel -- BAB'-ul

Michelle Bachelet -- bah-cheh-LET'

Kjetil Backen -- SHETT'-il

Sajid Badat -- SAH'-jeed buh-DAHT'

Ahmed Badawi -- AH'-mehd buh-DAH'-wee

Zaki Badawi -- ZAH'-kee buh-DOW'-ee

Michael Baden -- BAH'-dun

Bad Reichenhall -- bahd RYK'-ehn-hahl

Erykah Badu -- EHR'-ih-kah BAH'-doo

Raul Isaias Baduel -- ee-sah-EE'-uh bah-doo-EL'

Bagram -- bah-GRAHM'

Baguio -- BAG'-yoh

Bahrain -- bah-RAYN'

Michael Baigent -- BAY'-jent

Baikonur -- BY'-kah-nur

Bai Yun -- by yoon

Kurmanbek Bakiyev -- KUR'-mahn-bek bah-KEE'-yev

Omar Bakri -- BAHK'-ree

Balad -- BEHL'-ihd

Oded Balilty -- oh-DED' bah-LIL'-tee

Jan Peter Balkenende -- YAHN' PAY'-tehr BAHL'-keh-nehn-deh

David Banach -- BAN'-ich

Banda Aceh -- BAHN'-duh AH'-cheh

Bandung -- BAHN'-doong

Bangui -- bahng-GEE'

Ban Ki-Moon -- bahn kee-moon

Baqouba -- bah-KOO'-bah

Betty Jean Barachie -- bah-RAH'-chee

Ehud Barak -- EH'-hud bah-RAHK'

Barbaro -- BAHR'-buh-roh

Michael Barbero -- bahr-BEHR'-oh

Javier Bardem -- HAH'-vee-ayr bahr-DEHM'

Marwan Barghouti -- mahr-WAHN' bahr-GOO'-tee

Massoud Barzani -- mah-SOOD' bar-ZAH'-nee

Shamil Basayev -- shah-MEEL' buh-SY'-ehv

Traian Basescu -- TRY'-ahn bah-SES'-koo

Abu Bakar Bashir -- ah-BOO' bah-KAHR' bah-SHEER'

Martin Bashir -- buh-SHEER'

Bashkortostan -- bahsh-KOHR'-tih-STAHN'

Basra -- BAS'-ruh or BAHS'-rah

Victor Batarseh -- bah-TAHR'-seh

John Batiste -- buh-TEEST'

Mick Bednarek -- BED'-nehr-ik

Moazzam Begg -- moo-ah-ZAHM' beg

Bob Behnken -- BENK'-en

Beit Hanoun -- bayt ha-NOON'

Beit Shean -- bayt shah-AHN'

Beiji -- BAY'-zhee

Yossi Beilin -- YOH'-see BAY'-lin

Beit Hanoun -- bayt ha-NOON'

Bekaa Valley -- beh-KAH'

Belarus -- BEHL'-uh-roos

Fort Belvoir -- BEL'-vwahr

Arden Bemet -- BEH'-mit

David Bena -- BEN'-uh

Shlomo Ben-Ami -- SHLOH'-moh ben-ah-MEE'

Binyamin Ben-Eliezer -- behn-yah-MEEN' behn-ehl-ee-EH'-zahr

Eliahu Ben-Elissar -- ehl-ee-ah-HOO' ben-ehl-ee-ZAHR'

Eric Benet -- be-NAY'

Benin -- beh-NEEN'

Chris Benoit -- ben-WAH'

Doug Bereuter -- BEE'-ry-tur

Silvio Berlusconi -- behr-loos-KOH'-nee

Ben Bernanke -- bur-NANG'-kee

Elmer Bernstein -- BURN'-steen

Beslan -- bez-LAHN'

Tom Bettag -- beh-TAG'

Beyonce -- bee-AHN'-say

Bhutan -- boo-TAHN'

Benazir Bhutto -- BEN'-uh-zeer BOO'-toh

Dan Biechele -- BEEK'-lee

Marvin Bieghler -- BEE'-glur

Susan Bies -- BYZ

Ladan Bijani -- LAH'-dahn

Laleh Bijani -- LAH'-lay

Ahmed and Muhammad Bilal -- BIL'-ahl

Ramzi Binalshibh -- RAM'-zee bin-al-SHEEB'

Nguyen Vu Binh -- win voo bihn

Hamza bin Laden -- HUHM'-zuh bin LAH'-din

Osama bin Laden -- oh-SAH'-muh bin LAH'-din

Saad bin Laden -- SAHD bin-LAH'-din

Amrozi bin Nurhasyim -- am-ROH'-zee bihn noor-hah-SEEM'

Alwaleed Bin Talal -- al-wa-LEED' bin TAL'-al

Bint Jbail -- bint zhoo-BAYL'

Biogen Idec -- EYE'-dek

Bishkek -- bish-KEK'

Usha Bista -- OO'-shuh BIH'-stuh

Bisys Group -- BY'-sis

Bjork -- byork

Rod Blagojevich -- blah-GOY'-uh-vich

B'nai B'rith -- buh-NAY' BRITH

John Boehner -- BAY'-nur

Yvo de Boer -- EE'-voh duh BOH'-ah

Matthew Bogdanos -- bohg-DAN'-ohs

Bogue Falaya -- bohg fah-LY'-ah

Terrel Bolton -- teh-REHL'

Joseph Bongiorno -- bahn-JAWR'-noh

Sonthi Boonyaratkalin -- SAHN'-tee boon-yah-RAHT'-kah-len

David Boruchowitz -- buh-ROOK'-uh-witz

Ray Bouchet -- BOO'-chay

P.W. Botha -- BOH'-tuh

Abdelaziz Bouteflika -- ahb-DUL'-ah-ZEEZ' boot-uh-FLEE'-kuh

Karon Bowdre -- BOW'-druh

Bo Xilai -- bwaw shee-YEYE'

Valorie Brabazon -- BRAH'-buh-zahn

Lakhdar Brahimi -- LAHK'-dahr bra-HEE'-mee

Rym Brahimi -- reem bruh-HEE'-mee

Algirdas Brazauskas -- al-HEER'-dahs brah-ZOW'-skas

Brazos River -- BRAH'-zohs

Phil Bredesen -- BRED'-uh-sen

Brevard -- breh-VAHRD'

Leonie Brinkema -- lee-OH'-nee BRINK'-uh-muh

Amber Brkich -- BUR'-kich

Eli Broad -- brohd

Richard Brodhead -- BRAWD'-hed

Soemadi Brotodiningrat -- soh-MAH'-dee broh-toh-DIN'-ing-rat

Carlie Brucia -- BROO'-shuh

Camp Bucca -- BOO'-kah

Claire Buchan -- BYOO'-kan

Bukavu -- boo-KAH'-voo

Gisele Bundchen -- jih-ZEHL' BUN'-chen

Bunia -- BOON'-yah

Nino Burdzhanadze -- burd-sheh-NAHD'-zeh

Paul Burrell -- BUR'-uhl

Burundi -- boo-ROON'-dee

Busan -- boo-sahn

Joey Buttafuoco -- buh-tuh-FYOO'-koh

C

Cabo San Lucas -- KAH'-boh sahn LOO'-kuhs

Cahokia -- kuh-HOH'-kee-uh

Caicos -- KAY'-kohs

Cairns -- kanz

Nicola Calipari -- NEE'-koh-lah kahl-uh-PAHR'-ee

Felipe Calderon -- fay-LEE'-pay kahl-duh-ROHN'

Stephen Cambone -- kam-BOHN'

Peter Camejo -- kam-AY'-oh

Campeche -- kam-PAY'-chay

La Canada Flintridge -- lah kahn-YAH'-dah

Canberra -- KAN'-behr-uh

Cancun -- kan-KOON'

Cannes -- kan

Mario Capecchi -- kuh-PEK'-ee

Michael Capellas -- kuh-PEHL'-uhs

Jose Carranza -- kah-RAHN'-zah

Don Cazayoux -- KAZ'-uh-yoo

Tom Coughlin -- KAHG'-lihn

Kristine Cecava -- suh-KAYE'-vuh

Steve Centanni -- sehn-TAH'-nee

Whitney Cerak -- SEER'-ak

Cerberus -- SUR'-bur-uhs

Cernobbio -- chehr-NOH'-bee-oh

Rev. George Chaanine -- SHAH'-neen

Lacey Chabert -- shuh-BEHR'

Ahmad Chalabi -- AHK'-mahd SHAH'-lah-bee

Salem Chalabi -- SAH'-lem CHAH'-lah-bee

Chaldean -- kal-DEE'-uhn

Greg Chamitoff -- SHAM'-it-ahf

Lien Chan -- lee-EHN' jahn

Typhoon Chanchu -- chahn-choo

Channahon -- SHAN'-nuh-hahn

Elaine Chao -- chow

Chappaqua -- CHAP'-uh-kwah

Charles Chaput -- SHAP'-yoo

Jean Charest -- zhahn shuh-RAY'

Chattahoochee -- chat-uh-HOO'-chee

Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry -- IF'-tih-kahr moh-HAH'-med CHAW'-dree

Hugo Chavez -- OO'-goh CHAH'-vez

Chechnya -- CHECH'-nyah

Chennai -- CHUH'-ny

Chen Shui-bian -- jehn shwee bee-ehn

Jeffrey Chessani -- CHEH'-zah-nee

Chetumal -- chay-too-MAHL'

Chiang Kai-shek -- chang ky-shehk

Leroy Chiao -- chow

Chiapas -- chee-AH'-puhs

Peter Chiarelli -- kuh-REL'-ee

Chickasha -- CHIK'-uh-shay

Arthur Chi'en -- chee-EN'

Chikezie -- chih-KEE'-zee

Jacques Chirac -- zhahk shih-RAHK'

Royal Marine Base Chivenor -- CHIH'-veh-nur

Seung-Hui Cho -- sung-wee joh

Omar Choudhary -- CHOOD'-ur-ee

Jean Chretien -- zhahn kreh-TYEN'

Surayud Chulanont -- SOO'-rah-yood joo-LAH'-nohn

Carlo Ciampi -- CHAHM'-pee

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci -- see-AN'-see

Ann Marie Ciarcia -- see-AHR'-see-uh

Daniela Cicarelli -- chih-kah-REHL'-ee

Aaron Ciechanover -- CHEH'-kuh-noh-ver

Golan Cipel -- sih-PEL'

Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne -- sip-ree-AHN'-ee THOHR'-nay

Patrick Chorpenning -- KOHR'-pen-ing

Nkem Chukwu -- nih-KEHM' chuhk-WOO'

Dave Cieslewicz -- shihz-LEH'-vich

Richard Cizik -- SY'-zik

Max Cleland -- KLEE'-lund

Jason Clinard -- KLY'-nurd

David Clohessy -- KLOH'-uh-see

CNOOC -- SEE'-nook

Coeur d'Alene -- kohr duh-LAYN'

Steven Cojocaru -- koh-joh-KAHR'-oo

Stephen Colbert -- kohl-BEHR'

Comair -- KAHM'-ayr

Connetquot -- kuh-NEHT'-kwaht

John Cornyn -- KOHR'-nihn

Jon Corzine -- KOHR'-zyn

Marion Cotillard -- koh-tee-YAHR'

John Couey -- KOO'-ee

Jean Coutu -- zhawn koh-TOO'

Creutzfeldt-Jakob -- KROYTS'-felt JAY'-kuhb

Alberto Cribiore -- krih-bee-OHR'-ree

Steve Croes -- crooz

Geoffrey van Cromvoirt -- JEHF'-ree vahn KRUMV'-furt

Crozet -- kroh-ZAY'

Curacao -- koor-uh-SOW'

Richard Curreri -- kuh-REHR'ee