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AP AP News Pronunciation Guide E M(Associated Press WorldStream Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) E Shirin Ebadi -- shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee Ebola -- ee-BOH'-lah Dalton Eby -- EE'-bee Edinburgh -- EH'-din-bur-uh Boudewijn van Eenennaam -- BOH'-duh-van vahn AY'-nuh-nohm Edward Egan -- EE'-gihn Jan Egeland -- yahn EHG'-lahnd Robert Ehrlich -- UR'-lik Eid al-Adha -- eed al-AHD'-hah Kai Eide -- Kye EYE'-duh Walid Eido -- wah-LEED' eye-EE'-doh Rolf Ekeus -- eh-KAY'-us Elan -- ee-LAHN' Ihsan Elashyi -- ih-SAHN' eh-LAH'-shee Mohamed el-Atriss -- el-AH'-trees Mohamed ElBaradei -- ehl-BEHR'-uh-day Eldorado, Texas -- el-doh-RAY'-doh Wadih El-Hage -- WAH'-dee ehl-HAHJ' 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' Sarah Eltantawi -- ehl-tehn-TOW'-ee Aicha El Wafi -- EYE'-shuh el-WAH'-fee Embraer -- em-BRAY'-ur Enceladus -- ehn-SEH'-lah-duhs Guillermo Endara -- geel-YAYR'-moh en-DAHR'-ah Ben Endres -- EN'-dris Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn Saeb Erekat -- sah-EEB' EHR'-ih-kaht Adam Ereli -- EHR'-eh-lee Erez -- EHR'-ehz Eritrea -- ehr-ih-TREE'-uh Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa -- eh-RA'-soo-rees OH'-sah Gerhard Ertl -- EHR'-tul Mike Escudie -- EHS'-kyoo-jay Martin Esparza -- mahr-TEEN' ETA -- EH'-tah Roger Etchegaray -- roh-ZHAY' eh-cheh-gah-RAY' Eutaw -- YOO'-taw Mark Everson -- EE'-vur-suhn Gnassingbe Eyadema -- nyah-SING'-bay ee-yah-DEE'-mah Leopold Eyharts -- AY'-ahrts F John Fabrizi -- fuh-BREE'-zee Fajr (Hezbollah missile) -- FAH'-zher Fallujah -- fuh-LOO'-juh Falun Gong -- FAH'-luhn goong 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 Raouhi Fattouh -- ROW'-hee fa-TOO' Fatwa -- FAHT'-wah Kathryn Faughey -- FAY'-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 Lamen Khalifa Fhimah -- LAH'-mehn kah-LEE'-fah feh-HEE'-mah Vinson Filyaw -- FIHL'-yaw 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 Fon Verettes -- fon ver-ET Michael Fortier -- FOR'-tee-ur 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 Louis Freeh -- LOO'-ee free James Frey -- fry Johan Friso -- YOH'-han FREE'-soh Josef Fritzl -- YOH'-zef FRIT'-sul Craig Fugate -- FYOO'-gayt Yasuo Fukuda -- yah-soo-oh foo-koo-dah Futalognkosaurus -- FOO'-ta-long-koh-SOHR'-us G Gabon -- ga-BOHN' Adam Yehiye Gadahn -- ah-DAHM' YEH'-heh-yuh guh-DAHN' Gadid -- guh-DEED' Moammar Gadhafi -- MOO'-ah-mahr gah-DAH'-fee Seif al-Islam Gadhafi -- sayf Kai Gadison -- KY GAD'-ih-suhn Yegor Gaidar _ yeh-GOHR' GY'-dahr Faysal Galab -- FY'-suhl gah-LAHB' Dennis Galbraith -- GAHL'-bruhth Jorge Galindo -- HOHR'-hay gah-LIN'-doh Gallaudet University -- gal-uh-DET' Ejup Ganic -- AY'-oop GAH'-nich Akbar Ganji -- AHK'-bar GAHN'-jee Gardez -- gahr-DEHZ' Leonel Garza -- lay-oh-NEHL' Gautier -- goh-SHAY' Laurent Gbagbo -- BAHG'-boh Samir Geagea -- sah-MEER' zhah zhah Robert Geathers -- GA'-thurz Harold Gehman -- GAY'-muhn Amin Gemayel -- ah-MEEN' jeh-MAY'-el Pierre Gemayel -- jeh-MAY'-el John Geoghan -- GAY'-gan Mark Geragos -- GEHR'-uh-gohs Julie Gerberding -- GUR'-bur-ding Pete Geren -- GEHR'-ehn Eugene Germain -- juhr-MAYN' Gina Gershon -- ger-SHON' Bill Gerstenmaier -- GUR'-sten-my-ur Ghanim Ghudayer -- GHAH'-nem kuh-DAYR' Carlos Ghosn -- GOHN Yousaf Raza Gilani -- gee-LAH'-nee Al Ginglen -- JING'-lun Louis Giovino -- jee-oh-VEE'-noh Raanan Gissin -- rah-NAHN' GIH'-seen Rajiv Gandhi -- rah-ZHEEV' GAHN'-dee Ahmed Kalfan Ghailani -- KAL'fahn guh-LAHN'-ee Ali Ghufron -- GOO'-frahn Gillian Gibbons -- JIHL'-ee-uhn Ray Girouard -- juh-RARD' Gizo -- GEE'-zoh Glasgow -- GLAS'-goh Glioma -- GLEE'-oh-mah Ben Glisan -- GLIH'-sen Faure Gnassingbe -- fahr nyah-SING'-bay Yahya Goba -- YAH'-yah GOH'-bah Tim Goeglein -- GAYG'-lyn Ron Goetzel -- GEHT'-zuhl Gol Airlines -- gohl Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu -- een-YAR'-ee-too Gonaives -- goh-nah-EEV' Cyclone Gonu -- GOH'-noo David Gorcyca -- GOHR'-sih-kah Dom Gorie -- GOOR'-ee Kristin Gossel -- GAH'-sul 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 Hermione Granger -- hur-MY'-nee 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 Grenada -- greh-NAY'-duh Adrian Grenier -- grehn-YAY' 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 Guangzhou -- gwahng-joh Rudy Hermann Guede -- GAY'-day Carl Gugasian -- guh-GAH'-see-uhn Guinsaugon -- gween-sow-OO'-gahn Carlos Gutierrez -- goo-tee-AYR'-ehz Guixi -- gway-shee Hamid Gul -- HAH'-mihd gool Sai Gunturi -- sy guhn-TOO'-ree Abimael Guzman -- ab-ee-MY'el GOOZ'-mahn Gwinnett -- gwih-NEHT' King Gyanendra -- gee-YAN'-en-drah H Nate Haasis -- HAY'-sihs Selcan Hacaoglu -- sel-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 Haifa -- HY'-fuh 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 Ahmed Hamdan -- sah-LEEM' ahk-MEHD' 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 Ahmed Hannan -- AH'-mehd hah-NAHN' Hatshepsut -- haht-shehp-SOOT' Ismail Haniyeh -- IHS'-may-el hah-NEE'-yuh 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 Harbin -- HAHR'-bin Rafik Hariri -- rah-FEEK' hah-REER'-ee Saad Hariri -- sahd hah-REER'-ee Farris Hassan -- FAH'-rihs hah-SAHN' Saeed Hassan -- sah-EED' hah-SAHN' Wassef Ali Hassoun -- wah-SEF' ah-LEE' hah-SOON' Haverhill -- HAY'-vruhl Kip Hawley -- HAH'-lee Haworth -- HAW'-worth Hamid Hayat -- hah-MEED' HY'-et Umer Hayat -- OO'-mer hy-YAHT' Nathaniel Heatwole -- HEET'-wohl Hebron -- HEH'-bruhn James Heidinger -- HY'-ding-gur Heiligendamm -- HY'-lee-guhn-dahm David Heim -- hym 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 -- hay-RAHT' 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 William Hochul -- HOH'-kuhl Peter Hoekstra -- HUK'-struh Hokkaido -- hoh-ky-doh Kim Holien -- HOH'-lee-ehn Homosassa -- HOH'-moh-sas-uh Russel Honore -- AHN'-ur-ay Robert Horan -- hohr-AN' Takafumi Horie -- tah-kah-foo-mee hoo-ree-ay John Hostettler -- HOH'-stet-lur George Hotz -- HOHTZ Houma -- HOH'-muh Marques Houston -- MAR'-kus Andrew Hruska -- huh-ROOS'-kuh Frank Hsieh -- syeh Norman Hsu -- shoo Hu Jia -- hoo jah Marianne Hudec -- HYOO-dek John Hueston -- HYOO'-stun John Huhn -- hyoon Hu Jintao -- hoo jin-tow Venjah Hunte -- VEHN'-jah huhnt Liban Hussein -- LEE'-bahn hoo-SAYN' Faisal Husseini -- FY'-suhl hoo-SAY'-nee Craig Hutto -- HUH'-toh Hutu -- HOO'-too Abdel Tawab Mullah Huweish -- ahb-DEL' tah-WAHB' MOO'-luh hoo-WAYSH' 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 Iditarod -- eye-DIT'-uh-rahd Mohammed Osman Idris -- OHS'-man EE'-dree Robert Iger -- EYE'-gur Jared Ilovar -- EYE'-luh-vahr Imam -- ih-MAHM' Immokalee -- ih-MAHK'-ah-lee Carrie Ann Inaba -- ee-NAH'-bah Inamed -- IN'-uh-med Ingushetia -- ing-goo-SHEH'-tee-ah James Inhofe -- IN'-hahf David Innes -- IN'-es Daniel Inouye -- ih-NOH'-way Intefadeh -- in-tuh-FAHD'-uh Irbil -- ur-BEEL' 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) Hamdi Issac -- HAHM'-dee EYE'-zik Igor Ivanov -- EE'-gohr ee-VAHN'-awf Sergei Ivanov -- SUR'-gay ee-VAHN'-awf 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' Jadiriyah -- jahd-REE'-yah 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 Ziad Jarrah -- ZY'-ed jur-RAH' Sven Jaschan -- YAH'-shan 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 Tanak Jigme Sangpo -- TAH'-nahk JIHG'-mee SAHNG'-poh Mike Johanns -- JOH'-hanz Jokhang Temple -- joh-kahng Jolo -- HOH'-loh Louis Jourdain -- johr-DAYN' Miroslav Jozwiak -- MEER'-roh-slahv yahz-vee-YAK' Majid Jwad -- MAH'-jihd juh-WAHD' K Ahmed Tejan Kabbah -- AH'-mehd TEH'-jahn KAH'-bah Kabardino-Balkariya --- kah-bahr-DEE'-noh bahl-KAH'-ree-ah Tanya Kach -- kash Lech Kaczynski -- lekh kah-CHIN'-skee Kadima -- kuh-DEE'-muh Farouk Kaddoumi -- fah-ROOK' kah-DOO'-mee Lakshman Kadirgamar -- LAHK'-shmahn kuh-DEER'-guh-mahr Akhmad Kadyrov -- kuh-DEE'-ruhv Kalai-Zal -- kah-LAY'-zahl Deepak Kalpoe -- DEE'-pahk KAL'-poh Satish Kalpoe -- sah-TEESH' KAL'-poh Jason Kamiya -- ka-MY'-uh Natascha Kampusch -- nah-TAH'-shuh KAHM'-poosh Kankakee -- KANG'-kuh-kee 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 Raed Karmi -- RAH'-ed KAHR'-mee Karmiel -- kahr-mee-EHL' Karnei Shomron -- kahr-NAY' shahm-ROHN' Hamid Karzai -- HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye Qayum Karzai -- ky-OOM' KAHR'-zeye Kashiwazaki -- kah-shih-wah-zah-kee Anurag Kashyap -- AH'-noo-rahg KAHSH'-yahp Garry Kasparov -- kas-PAHR'-ahf Mikhail Kasyanov -- kah-see-AH'-nahf Katowice -- kah-toh-VEET'-suh Moshe Katsav -- moh-SHEH' kaht-SAHV' Katyusha -- kuh-TOO'-shuh Kauai -- kuh-WEYE' 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' Steven Kazmierczak -- kaz-MUR'-chek Bernard Kerik -- KEHR'-ihk Gil Kerlikowske -- kur-lih-KOW'-skee 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' 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 Adam Kidan -- KIH'-dun Rinko Kikuchi -- rink-oh kih-koo-chee Kikuyu - kee-KOO'-yoo Kilauea -- kih-luh-WAY'-uh Kim Jong Il -- kim jawng eel Nestor Kirchner -- KURSH'-nur Kiribati -- keer-ih-BAHS' Kirkuk -- keer-KOOK' or keer-KUK' Kiryat Shemona -- keer-YAHT' shuh-MOHN'-uh Kiwa hirsuta -- KEE'-wah hur-SOOT'-uh Paul Klebnikov -- KLEHB'-nih-kahf Thomas Klestil -- KLAY'-steel Amy Klobuchar -- KLOH'-buh-shahr John Kluge -- KLOO'-gee Melania Knauss -- meh-LAH'-nee-uh kuh-NOSS' Knippa, Texas -- kuh-NIP'-uh Knut -- kuh-NOOT' Takeru Kobayashi -- tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee Shosei Koda -- shoh-say koh-dah Mark Koenig -- KOH'-nig 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 Valery Korzun -- val-uh-ree kohr-ZOON' 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' Sergei Krikalev -- SUR'-gay KREE'-kuh-lev Kristallnacht -- kris-TAHL'-nahkt Frank Kruesi -- KROOS'-ee Ryszard Krystosik -- RIH'-shahrd krih-STAW'-sehk Kok Ksor -- kahk kuh-SOHR' Bassam Salih Kubba -- BAH'-sahm sah-LIH' KOO'-bah Leonid Kuchma -- KOOCH'-mah Dennis Kucinich -- koo-SIN'-ich Kufa -- KOO'-fah Ted Kulongoski -- koo-luhn-GAH'-skee Kunar -- ku-NAHR' (The vowel sound in "ku" is similar to the double-o sound in "took") Kunduz -- KUHN'-dooz Kushiro -- koo-shee-roh Kut -- koot Aleksander Kwasniewski -- kvahsh-NYEV'-skee Kyrgyzstan -- KEER'-gih-stan L Anthony LaCalamita -- luh-kal-uh-MEE'-tuh Debra Lafave -- luh-FAYV' Emeril Lagasse -- EM'-ur-ul leh-GAH'-see Laglio -- LAHL'-yoh Lagos -- LAY'-gohs or LAH'-gohs Maurice Lagrone -- lah-GROHN' Emile Lahoud -- ee-MEEL' lah-HOOD' Hemant Lakhani -- HEH'-muhnt luh-KAH'-nee Lakshmi -- LAHK'-shmee Laminitis -- lam-ih-NY'-tihs Lashkar-e-Tayyaba -- LAHSH'-kar ay TEYE'-buh Las Ramblas -- lahs RAHM'-blahs Mary Landrieu -- LAN'-droo Mitch Landrieu -- LAN'-droo Landstuhl -- LAHND'-shtool James Langevin -- LAN'-jih-vin Ali Larijani -- lehr-uh-ZHAH'-nee Latifiyah -- lah-TEE'-fee-yuh Cesar Laurean -- SEH'-sahr LOHR'-ee-uhn Maria Lauterbach -- LAW'-tur-bahk La Villa -- lah VEE'-yah Sergey Lavrov -- SEHR'-gay LAHV'-rahf Jorge Lazareff -- HOR'-hay Lee Hoi-chang -- lee hweh-chayng LaSalle Leffall -- leh-FAWL' Patrick Leahy -- LAY'-hee Mike Leavitt -- LEH'-vit Lee Hsien Loong -- lee haz-ee-en lahng Lee Myung-bak -- lee myuhng bahk Michael LeFever -- luh-FEE'-vur Robert Joseph Legendre -- leh-ZHAHN'-dray Lehigh -- LEE'-hy Lehman Brothers -- LEE'-muhn John Lehman -- LAY'-man Reichen Lehmkuhl -- RY'-kuhn LEHM'-kuhl Richard Leigh -- lee Camp Lejeune -- lih-ZHOON' Le Mans -- lu-MAHN' Lennar Corporation -- LEN'-ahr Leola -- lee-OH'-luh Ted Leonsis -- lee-OHN'-sihs 0npros21alpr d vbx AP-News Pronunciation Guide E-M E Shirin Ebadi -- shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee Ebola -- ee-BOH'-lah Dalton Eby -- EE'-bee Edinburgh -- EH'-din-bur-uh Boudewijn van Eenennaam -- BOH'-duh-van vahn AY'-nuh-nohm Edward Egan -- EE'-gihn Jan Egeland -- yahn EHG'-lahnd Robert Ehrlich -- UR'-lik Eid al-Adha -- eed al-AHD'-hah Kai Eide -- Kye EYE'-duh Walid Eido -- wah-LEED' eye-EE'-doh Rolf Ekeus -- eh-KAY'-us Elan -- ee-LAHN' Ihsan Elashyi -- ih-SAHN' eh-LAH'-shee Mohamed el-Atriss -- el-AH'-trees Mohamed ElBaradei -- ehl-BEHR'-uh-day Eldorado, Texas -- el-doh-RAY'-doh Wadih El-Hage -- WAH'-dee ehl-HAHJ' 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' Sarah Eltantawi -- ehl-tehn-TOW'-ee Aicha El Wafi -- EYE'-shuh el-WAH'-fee Embraer -- em-BRAY'-ur Enceladus -- ehn-SEH'-lah-duhs Guillermo Endara -- geel-YAYR'-moh en-DAHR'-ah Ben Endres -- EN'-dris Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn Saeb Erekat -- sah-EEB' EHR'-ih-kaht Adam Ereli -- EHR'-eh-lee Erez -- EHR'-ehz Eritrea -- ehr-ih-TREE'-uh Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa -- eh-RA'-soo-rees OH'-sah Gerhard Ertl -- EHR'-tul Mike Escudie -- EHS'-kyoo-jay Martin Esparza -- mahr-TEEN' ETA -- EH'-tah Roger Etchegaray -- roh-ZHAY' eh-cheh-gah-RAY' Eutaw -- YOO'-taw Mark Everson -- EE'-vur-suhn Gnassingbe Eyadema -- nyah-SING'-bay ee-yah-DEE'-mah Leopold Eyharts -- AY'-ahrts F John Fabrizi -- fuh-BREE'-zee Fajr (Hezbollah missile) -- FAH'-zher Fallujah -- fuh-LOO'-juh Falun Gong -- FAH'-luhn goong 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 Raouhi Fattouh -- ROW'-hee fa-TOO' Fatwa -- FAHT'-wah Kathryn Faughey -- FAY'-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 Lamen Khalifa Fhimah -- LAH'-mehn kah-LEE'-fah feh-HEE'-mah Vinson Filyaw -- FIHL'-yaw 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 Fon Verettes -- fon ver-ET Michael Fortier -- FOR'-tee-ur 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 Louis Freeh -- LOO'-ee free James Frey -- fry Johan Friso -- YOH'-han FREE'-soh Josef Fritzl -- YOH'-zef FRIT'-sul Craig Fugate -- FYOO'-gayt Yasuo Fukuda -- yah-soo-oh foo-koo-dah Futalognkosaurus -- FOO'-ta-long-koh-SOHR'-us G Gabon -- ga-BOHN' Adam Yehiye Gadahn -- ah-DAHM' YEH'-heh-yuh guh-DAHN' Gadid -- guh-DEED' Moammar Gadhafi -- MOO'-ah-mahr gah-DAH'-fee Seif al-Islam Gadhafi -- sayf Kai Gadison -- KY GAD'-ih-suhn Yegor Gaidar _ yeh-GOHR' GY'-dahr Faysal Galab -- FY'-suhl gah-LAHB' Dennis Galbraith -- GAHL'-bruhth Jorge Galindo -- HOHR'-hay gah-LIN'-doh Gallaudet University -- gal-uh-DET' Ejup Ganic -- AY'-oop GAH'-nich Akbar Ganji -- AHK'-bar GAHN'-jee Gardez -- gahr-DEHZ' Leonel Garza -- lay-oh-NEHL' Gautier -- goh-SHAY' Laurent Gbagbo -- BAHG'-boh Samir Geagea -- sah-MEER' zhah zhah Robert Geathers -- GA'-thurz Harold Gehman -- GAY'-muhn Amin Gemayel -- ah-MEEN' jeh-MAY'-el Pierre Gemayel -- jeh-MAY'-el John Geoghan -- GAY'-gan Mark Geragos -- GEHR'-uh-gohs Julie Gerberding -- GUR'-bur-ding Pete Geren -- GEHR'-ehn Eugene Germain -- juhr-MAYN' Gina Gershon -- ger-SHON' Bill Gerstenmaier -- GUR'-sten-my-ur Ghanim Ghudayer -- GHAH'-nem kuh-DAYR' Carlos Ghosn -- GOHN Yousaf Raza Gilani -- gee-LAH'-nee Al Ginglen -- JING'-lun Louis Giovino -- jee-oh-VEE'-noh Raanan Gissin -- rah-NAHN' GIH'-seen Rajiv Gandhi -- rah-ZHEEV' GAHN'-dee Ahmed Kalfan Ghailani -- KAL'fahn guh-LAHN'-ee Ali Ghufron -- GOO'-frahn Gillian Gibbons -- JIHL'-ee-uhn Ray Girouard -- juh-RARD' Gizo -- GEE'-zoh Glasgow -- GLAS'-goh Glioma -- GLEE'-oh-mah Ben Glisan -- GLIH'-sen Faure Gnassingbe -- fahr nyah-SING'-bay Yahya Goba -- YAH'-yah GOH'-bah Tim Goeglein -- GAYG'-lyn Ron Goetzel -- GEHT'-zuhl Gol Airlines -- gohl Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu -- een-YAR'-ee-too Gonaives -- goh-nah-EEV' Cyclone Gonu -- GOH'-noo David Gorcyca -- GOHR'-sih-kah Dom Gorie -- GOOR'-ee Kristin Gossel -- GAH'-sul 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 Hermione Granger -- hur-MY'-nee 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 Grenada -- greh-NAY'-duh Adrian Grenier -- grehn-YAY' 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 Guangzhou -- gwahng-joh Rudy Hermann Guede -- GAY'-day Carl Gugasian -- guh-GAH'-see-uhn Guinsaugon -- gween-sow-OO'-gahn Carlos Gutierrez -- goo-tee-AYR'-ehz Guixi -- gway-shee Hamid Gul -- HAH'-mihd gool Sai Gunturi -- sy guhn-TOO'-ree Abimael Guzman -- ab-ee-MY'el GOOZ'-mahn Gwinnett -- gwih-NEHT' King Gyanendra -- gee-YAN'-en-drah H Nate Haasis -- HAY'-sihs Selcan Hacaoglu -- sel-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 Haifa -- HY'-fuh 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 Ahmed Hamdan -- sah-LEEM' ahk-MEHD' 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 Ahmed Hannan -- AH'-mehd hah-NAHN' Hatshepsut -- haht-shehp-SOOT' Ismail Haniyeh -- IHS'-may-el hah-NEE'-yuh 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 Harbin -- HAHR'-bin Rafik Hariri -- rah-FEEK' hah-REER'-ee Saad Hariri -- sahd hah-REER'-ee Farris Hassan -- FAH'-rihs hah-SAHN' Saeed Hassan -- sah-EED' hah-SAHN' Wassef Ali Hassoun -- wah-SEF' ah-LEE' hah-SOON' Haverhill -- HAY'-vruhl Kip Hawley -- HAH'-lee Haworth -- HAW'-worth Hamid Hayat -- hah-MEED' HY'-et Umer Hayat -- OO'-mer hy-YAHT' Nathaniel Heatwole -- HEET'-wohl Hebron -- HEH'-bruhn James Heidinger -- HY'-ding-gur Heiligendamm -- HY'-lee-guhn-dahm David Heim -- hym 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 -- hay-RAHT' 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 William Hochul -- HOH'-kuhl Peter Hoekstra -- HUK'-struh Hokkaido -- hoh-ky-doh Kim Holien -- HOH'-lee-ehn Homosassa -- HOH'-moh-sas-uh Russel Honore -- AHN'-ur-ay Robert Horan -- hohr-AN' Takafumi Horie -- tah-kah-foo-mee hoo-ree-ay John Hostettler -- HOH'-stet-lur George Hotz -- HOHTZ Houma -- HOH'-muh Marques Houston -- MAR'-kus Andrew Hruska -- huh-ROOS'-kuh Frank Hsieh -- syeh Norman Hsu -- shoo Hu Jia -- hoo jah Marianne Hudec -- HYOO-dek John Hueston -- HYOO'-stun John Huhn -- hyoon Hu Jintao -- hoo jin-tow Venjah Hunte -- VEHN'-jah huhnt Liban Hussein -- LEE'-bahn hoo-SAYN' Faisal Husseini -- FY'-suhl hoo-SAY'-nee Craig Hutto -- HUH'-toh Hutu -- HOO'-too Abdel Tawab Mullah Huweish -- ahb-DEL' tah-WAHB' MOO'-luh hoo-WAYSH' 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 Iditarod -- eye-DIT'-uh-rahd Mohammed Osman Idris -- OHS'-man EE'-dree Robert Iger -- EYE'-gur Jared Ilovar -- EYE'-luh-vahr Imam -- ih-MAHM' Immokalee -- ih-MAHK'-ah-lee Carrie Ann Inaba -- ee-NAH'-bah Inamed -- IN'-uh-med Ingushetia -- ing-goo-SHEH'-tee-ah James Inhofe -- IN'-hahf David Innes -- IN'-es Daniel Inouye -- ih-NOH'-way Intefadeh -- in-tuh-FAHD'-uh Irbil -- ur-BEEL' 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) Hamdi Issac -- HAHM'-dee EYE'-zik Igor Ivanov -- EE'-gohr ee-VAHN'-awf Sergei Ivanov -- SUR'-gay ee-VAHN'-awf 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' Jadiriyah -- jahd-REE'-yah 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 Ziad Jarrah -- ZY'-ed jur-RAH' Sven Jaschan -- YAH'-shan 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 Tanak Jigme Sangpo -- TAH'-nahk JIHG'-mee SAHNG'-poh Mike Johanns -- JOH'-hanz Jokhang Temple -- joh-kahng Jolo -- HOH'-loh Louis Jourdain -- johr-DAYN' Miroslav Jozwiak -- MEER'-roh-slahv yahz-vee-YAK' Majid Jwad -- MAH'-jihd juh-WAHD' K Ahmed Tejan Kabbah -- AH'-mehd TEH'-jahn KAH'-bah Kabardino-Balkariya --- kah-bahr-DEE'-noh bahl-KAH'-ree-ah Tanya Kach -- kash Lech Kaczynski -- lekh kah-CHIN'-skee Kadima -- kuh-DEE'-muh Farouk Kaddoumi -- fah-ROOK' kah-DOO'-mee Lakshman Kadirgamar -- LAHK'-shmahn kuh-DEER'-guh-mahr Akhmad Kadyrov -- kuh-DEE'-ruhv Kalai-Zal -- kah-LAY'-zahl Deepak Kalpoe -- DEE'-pahk KAL'-poh Satish Kalpoe -- sah-TEESH' KAL'-poh Jason Kamiya -- ka-MY'-uh Natascha Kampusch -- nah-TAH'-shuh KAHM'-poosh Kankakee -- KANG'-kuh-kee 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 Raed Karmi -- RAH'-ed KAHR'-mee Karmiel -- kahr-mee-EHL' Karnei Shomron -- kahr-NAY' shahm-ROHN' Hamid Karzai -- HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye Qayum Karzai -- ky-OOM' KAHR'-zeye Kashiwazaki -- kah-shih-wah-zah-kee Anurag Kashyap -- AH'-noo-rahg KAHSH'-yahp Garry Kasparov -- kas-PAHR'-ahf Mikhail Kasyanov -- kah-see-AH'-nahf Katowice -- kah-toh-VEET'-suh Moshe Katsav -- moh-SHEH' kaht-SAHV' Katyusha -- kuh-TOO'-shuh Kauai -- kuh-WEYE' 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' Steven Kazmierczak -- kaz-MUR'-chek Bernard Kerik -- KEHR'-ihk Gil Kerlikowske -- kur-lih-KOW'-skee 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' 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 Adam Kidan -- KIH'-dun Rinko Kikuchi -- rink-oh kih-koo-chee Kikuyu - kee-KOO'-yoo Kilauea -- kih-luh-WAY'-uh Kim Jong Il -- kim jawng eel Nestor Kirchner -- KURSH'-nur Kiribati -- keer-ih-BAHS' Kirkuk -- keer-KOOK' or keer-KUK' Kiryat Shemona -- keer-YAHT' shuh-MOHN'-uh Kiwa hirsuta -- KEE'-wah hur-SOOT'-uh Paul Klebnikov -- KLEHB'-nih-kahf Thomas Klestil -- KLAY'-steel Amy Klobuchar -- KLOH'-buh-shahr John Kluge -- KLOO'-gee Melania Knauss -- meh-LAH'-nee-uh kuh-NOSS' Knippa, Texas -- kuh-NIP'-uh Knut -- kuh-NOOT' Takeru Kobayashi -- tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee Shosei Koda -- shoh-say koh-dah Mark Koenig -- KOH'-nig 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 Valery Korzun -- val-uh-ree kohr-ZOON' 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' Sergei Krikalev -- SUR'-gay KREE'-kuh-lev Kristallnacht -- kris-TAHL'-nahkt Frank Kruesi -- KROOS'-ee Ryszard Krystosik -- RIH'-shahrd krih-STAW'-sehk Kok Ksor -- kahk kuh-SOHR' Bassam Salih Kubba -- BAH'-sahm sah-LIH' KOO'-bah Leonid Kuchma -- KOOCH'-mah Dennis Kucinich -- koo-SIN'-ich Kufa -- KOO'-fah Ted Kulongoski -- koo-luhn-GAH'-skee Kunar -- ku-NAHR' (The vowel sound in "ku" is similar to the double-o sound in "took") Kunduz -- KUHN'-dooz Kushiro -- koo-shee-roh Kut -- koot Aleksander Kwasniewski -- kvahsh-NYEV'-skee Kyrgyzstan -- KEER'-gih-stan L Anthony LaCalamita -- luh-kal-uh-MEE'-tuh Debra Lafave -- luh-FAYV' Emeril Lagasse -- EM'-ur-ul leh-GAH'-see Laglio -- LAHL'-yoh Lagos -- LAY'-gohs or LAH'-gohs Maurice Lagrone -- lah-GROHN' Emile Lahoud -- ee-MEEL' lah-HOOD' Hemant Lakhani -- HEH'-muhnt luh-KAH'-nee Lakshmi -- LAHK'-shmee Laminitis -- lam-ih-NY'-tihs Lashkar-e-Tayyaba -- LAHSH'-kar ay TEYE'-buh Las Ramblas -- lahs RAHM'-blahs Mary Landrieu -- LAN'-droo Mitch Landrieu -- LAN'-droo Landstuhl -- LAHND'-shtool James Langevin -- LAN'-jih-vin Ali Larijani -- lehr-uh-ZHAH'-nee Latifiyah -- lah-TEE'-fee-yuh Cesar Laurean -- SEH'-sahr LOHR'-ee-uhn Maria Lauterbach -- LAW'-tur-bahk La Villa -- lah VEE'-yah Sergey Lavrov -- SEHR'-gay LAHV'-rahf Jorge Lazareff -- HOR'-hay Lee Hoi-chang -- lee hweh-chayng LaSalle Leffall -- leh-FAWL' Patrick Leahy -- LAY'-hee Mike Leavitt -- LEH'-vit Lee Hsien Loong -- lee haz-ee-en lahng Lee Myung-bak -- lee myuhng bahk Michael LeFever -- luh-FEE'-vur Robert Joseph Legendre -- leh-ZHAHN'-dray Lehigh -- LEE'-hy Lehman Brothers -- LEE'-muhn John Lehman -- LAY'-man Reichen Lehmkuhl -- RY'-kuhn LEHM'-kuhl Richard Leigh -- lee Camp Lejeune -- lih-ZHOON' Le Mans -- lu-MAHN' Lennar Corporation -- LEN'-ahr Leola -- lee-OH'-luh Ted Leonsis -- lee-OHN'-sihs William Levada -- leh-VAY'-duh Chiara Levin -- kee-AH'-rah LEV'-in Robert Levy -- LEE'-vee Frances Lewine -- LOO'-win Leyte -- LAY'-tay Lhasa -- LAH'-sah Daniel Libeskind -- LEE'-behs-kihnd Liviu Librescu -- LIHV'-yoo lih-BRES'-koo Stephen Liczbinski -- liz-BIN'-skee Lien Chan -- LEE'-ehn jan Likud -- lee-KOOD' Lima -- LEE'-muh Rick Linnehan -- LIN'-uh-han Lithonia -- ly-THOH'-nee-uh Alexander Litvinenko -- leet-vee-NYEN'-koh Scott Livengood -- LY'-vehn-gud Ken Livingstone -- LIHV'-ing-stuhn Tzipi Livni -- TSIH'-pee LIHV'-nee Lindsay Lohan -- LOH'-un Pedro Santana Lopes -- lohpzh Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador -- ahn-DRAYS' mahn-WEHL' LOH'-pez OH'-brah-dohr Laurence Lovette -- luh-VEHT' Andrei Lugovoi -- AHN'-dray LOO'-goh-voy Alexander Lukashenko -- loo-kuh-SHENG'-koh Sarah Lunde -- LUHN'-dee Jean-Marie Lustiger -- zhahn mah-REE' loos-tih-ZHAY' Valery Lyndin -- vah-LEH'-ree LIN'-din M Ma Ying-jeou -- mah yeeng-joh Maalot -- mah-ah-LOHT' Wangari Maathai -- wan-GAH'-ree mah-DY' Lorin Maazel -- mah-ZEL' Marcial Maciel -- mahrs-YAHL' mahs-YEL' Madhya Pradesh -- MUH'-dyuh PRUH'-desh Magen David Adom -- mah-GHEN' dah-VIHD' ah-DOHM' Abhijit Mahoto -- ah-buh-SHEET' muh-HAH'-toh Mahawil -- mah-hah-WEEL' Imam Mahdi -- EE'-mahm MAH'-dee Ahmed Maher -- AHH'-mehd MAH'-ehr Mahmoudiya -- mahk-moo-DEE'-ah Mukhtar Mai -- mook-TAHR my Deborah Majoras -- mah-JOHR'-us Alaa Makki -- AH'-lah MEH'-kee Malawi -- mah-LAH'-wee Maldives -- MAHL'-dyvz Yuri Malenchenko -- YOOR'-ee mal-ehn-CHEHN'-koh Ramiele Malubay -- RAY'-me-el mah-LOO'-by Mamaroneck -- muh-MA'-ruh-nek Manama -- mah-NAH'-mah Imran Mandhai -- im-rahn mahn-dy Typhoon Man-Yi -- mahn-yee Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz -- KAH'-zhee-myehrsh mahr-cheen-KAY'-vihch Zachariah Marcyniuk -- MAHR'-seh-nihk Joseph Margulies -- mahr-GOO'-lee-ez Mengistu Haile Mariam -- mehn-JEE'-stoo HY'-lee mahr-ee'-am) Mirjana Markovic -- meer-ee-YAH'-nah mahr-KOH'-vich Diarmuid Martin -- DER'-muhd Marjayoun -- mar-zheye-OON' Mas Selamat Kastari -- mahs sel-AH-maht KAHS'-tahr-ee Khaled Mashaal -- HAH'-led 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