Genealogy - PRONUNCIATION OF CITY NAMES

by Joelle Steele

Take the time to learn how to correctly spell and pronounce the names of cities in your family's history. Here are a few interntional cities that are commonly mispronounced.

Göteborg is “yur-te-bor” or “yer-teh-bor-eh” (Sweden)
Cologne is “Koln” (Germany)
Budapest is “booda-pesht” (Hungary)
Edinburgh is “ed-in-bur-uh” (Scotland)
Porvoo is “pore-vo” (Finland)
Moscow is “mo-sco” (not moss-cow) (Russia)
Kiev is “keev” (not kee-ev) (Ukraine)
Cannes is “can” (not cawn) (France)
Leicester is “lester” (not lie-chester or lie-stir) (England)
Tijuana is “tee-wahna” (not tee-uh-wahna) Mexico
Kantstraße is “kahnt-stra-sa” (ß =“ss”)(Germany)
Dún Laoghaire is “dunn leary” (Ireland)