To avoid any more travel blunders, here's a list of 10 countries you need to pronounce appropriately.
It’s easy for us to mispronounce some names of places in the world, especially when we don't even speak that language.
To avoid any more travel blunders, here's a list of 10 countries you need to pronounce appropriately.
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To avoid any more travel blunders, here's a list of 10 countries you need to pronounce appropriately.
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1. Dubai
It is not Du-BYE. Rather say Du-BAY. Doo (Rhymes with new) Bay (Rhymes with day) Doo-bay.
Dubai is an Arabic word that means rich settlement, so many people pronounce it according to spelling, this is wrong in Arabic.
It is not Du-BYE. Rather say Du-BAY. Doo (Rhymes with new) Bay (Rhymes with day) Doo-bay.
Dubai is an Arabic word that means rich settlement, so many people pronounce it according to spelling, this is wrong in Arabic.
2. Iraq
Don’t say EYE-RACK. Say EE-ROCK
There are several suggestions for the origin of the name of Iraq; one dates back to the Sumerian city of Uruk (or Erech). Another suggestion is that Iraq comes from the Aramaic language, meaning "the land along the banks of the rivers."
Don’t say EYE-RACK. Say EE-ROCK
There are several suggestions for the origin of the name of Iraq; one dates back to the Sumerian city of Uruk (or Erech). Another suggestion is that Iraq comes from the Aramaic language, meaning "the land along the banks of the rivers."
3. Qatar
Don’t say: Kuh-TAR
Say: CUT-TER
The term 'Catara' (inhabitants, Cataraei) was exclusively used until the 18th century, after which 'Katara' emerged as the most commonly recognised spelling. Eventually, modern derivative Qatar was adopted as the country's name.
Don’t say: Kuh-TAR
Say: CUT-TER
The term 'Catara' (inhabitants, Cataraei) was exclusively used until the 18th century, after which 'Katara' emerged as the most commonly recognised spelling. Eventually, modern derivative Qatar was adopted as the country's name.
4. Greenwich, London
Don’t say: green-witch
Say: grEN-ITCH
Meaning "green harbour" or "green trading place." The word was derived from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ before adopting Greenwich. It was a Royal Observatory founded on June 22, 1675, by King Charles II.
Don’t say: green-witch
Say: grEN-ITCH
Meaning "green harbour" or "green trading place." The word was derived from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ before adopting Greenwich. It was a Royal Observatory founded on June 22, 1675, by King Charles II.
5. Budapest
Don’t say: boo-duh-pest
Say: boo-duh-PESHT
Budapest, formed in 1872 was the merger of two cities on opposite shores of the Danube, Buda (probably from a word originally meaning "water") + Pest, a Hungarian word meaning "furnace, oven, cove."
Maldives is a combination of "Malé Islands", from Malé, the name of the main island plus -diva, -dive, "island" (Pinterest)
Don’t say: boo-duh-pest
Say: boo-duh-PESHT
Budapest, formed in 1872 was the merger of two cities on opposite shores of the Danube, Buda (probably from a word originally meaning "water") + Pest, a Hungarian word meaning "furnace, oven, cove."
Maldives is a combination of "Malé Islands", from Malé, the name of the main island plus -diva, -dive, "island" (Pinterest)
6. Maldives
Never say: Mall-Dives
Say: Mawl-deevz or mol-deevz.
Maldives is a combination of "Malé Islands", from Malé, the name of the main island plus -diva, -dive, "island".
Never say: Mall-Dives
Say: Mawl-deevz or mol-deevz.
Maldives is a combination of "Malé Islands", from Malé, the name of the main island plus -diva, -dive, "island".
7. Iran
Don't say: Eye-rahn
Say: Ee-rahn
Iranians have always called it Iran, meaning "the land of Aryans" and Iranshahr. In Middle Persian sources, the name Arya and Iran is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire.
Don't say: Eye-rahn
Say: Ee-rahn
Iranians have always called it Iran, meaning "the land of Aryans" and Iranshahr. In Middle Persian sources, the name Arya and Iran is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire.
8. Beijing
Don't say: Bay-jihng
Rather: Bey-Jihng
The name Beijing, which means "Northern Capital" (from the Chinese characters 北 for north and 京 for capital), was applied to the city in 1403 during the Ming dynasty to distinguish the city from Nanjing (the "Southern Capital").
Don't say: Bay-jihng
Rather: Bey-Jihng
The name Beijing, which means "Northern Capital" (from the Chinese characters 北 for north and 京 for capital), was applied to the city in 1403 during the Ming dynasty to distinguish the city from Nanjing (the "Southern Capital").
9. Paris
Don't say: Peh-riss
Rather: Pah-ree
From Middle English Parys or Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum "Lutetia of the Parisii", from Latin Parisii, a Gaulish tribe.
Don't say: Peh-riss
Rather: Pah-ree
From Middle English Parys or Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum "Lutetia of the Parisii", from Latin Parisii, a Gaulish tribe.
10. Moscow
Don't say: Mohsk-ow
Rather: Moh-skoh
Originally Moskha, later when Slavic tribes conquered the city they transformеd to Moscow because of the specificity of the Slavic languages.
Don't say: Mohsk-ow
Rather: Moh-skoh
Originally Moskha, later when Slavic tribes conquered the city they transformеd to Moscow because of the specificity of the Slavic languages.
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