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Hafiz (hä/fiz) Hahnemann (hä/neh

män)

Hǎk/lyt;

also Hackluyt. Ha-lō'ran

Hån/del (Ger. Händel,
hĕn'del) [kurt)
Harcourt (Eng.) (har-
Hardicanute (har/de-
ka-nut')
Hardinge (här/ding)
Haroun - al - Raschid
(hä-roon/äl-rash'id)
Hauy (hä/we')
Havelock (hav'eh-lok)
Haydn (ha/dn; Ger.
pron. hi'dn)
Haynau (hi/now)
Hearne (hern)
Hegel (ha/gel)
Heine (hi'neh) [man)
Heintzelman (hint/sel-
Helvetius (hěl-vee/shi-
Hěm/ang
Hengist (heng/gist)

In'ge-low
Ireton (ir/ton)
Iriarte

(e-re-aR/ta.) Syn. Yriarte. [da) Iturbide (e-toor/beIvan (Russ.) (e-vän')

J.

Jacobi (yä-ko/bee) Jamieson (jam'e-son or jā/mi-son) Jean Paul (zhon powl or jeen pawl) Jellachich (yel/lä-KiK) Joan of Arc (Fr. Jeanne d'Arc, zhän dark/) [zhwǎN/vel') Joinville (join'vil or Jouffroy (zhoof'frwä') [us) Juarez (H00-ä/res or Hwä/rĕth)

Herder (her/der or Junot (zhü'no')

hĕr/der)

Herrera (ĕR-Ra'rä)

Herschel (her'shel)

K.

Hewes (hūz)

Heylin (hä/lin)

Heyne (hingh)

Kant (kǎnt or känt) Kantemir

Heyse (hi/zeh)

Heywood (ha/wood)

Hogarth (ho'garth) Holbein (hol/bin) Holinshed, or Hollynshed (hŏl'inz-hĕd) Holmes (hōmz) Houdon (oo/dUN') Houghton (ho/ton) Houston (popularly pronounced hū'ston)

(kän'te

meer) Kavanagh (kav'a-nä or kav/a-näн') Kearney (kar'ní) Keble (kěb/l) Keightly (kit/lee) Kneller (nel/ler; Ger. pron. kneller) Knolles (nolz); written also Knollys (nōlz)

Knowles (nōlz)

| Liebig (lee/big)

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Körner, or Koerner Lingard (ling/gard) (köR/ner) [ko) Linnæus (lin-nee/us) Kosciusko (kos-si-us/- Linnell (lin'nel) Kossuth (kosh'shoot') Liszt (list) Kotzebue (kot/seh- Lloyd (loid) bu; Ger. pron. kot/sch-boo) Krummacher(kroom/mäk-er)

L.

Lacroix (lä/krwä') Ladislas (lád/is-las); written also Lad'isla'us.

La Fayette, or Lafayette (lä/fa-ět') Laffitte (läf'fit' or läfet') La Fontaine (lä fon/

[va/gä)

Lope de Vega (lo/pä da Lothaire (lo-ther or

lo-têr') Loudon (lou'don) Louis (loo/is; Fr. pron.

loo'e')

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Lamartine (lä/maR- Mackay (ma-ka' and
Lamballe (lŎN/bäl')
La Motte-Fouqué (lä
mot-foo/ka')
La Pérouse (lä pâ/-
rooz')
Laplace (lä/pläss')
Las Casas (läs kä'säs)
Las Cases (läs käz)
La'tham
Lavater (lä-vä/ter or
lä/vä/têR/)
Lavoisier(lä/vwä/ze-â')
Layard (la/ard)
Legaré (Am.)
gree/)

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Magellan (ma-jel/lan; Sp. pron. mä-Hĕlyän') Maginn (ma-gin') Mahmud, or Mahmoud (mäh/mood') Mahomet (ma-hom/et, ma/ho-met, or mä/ho-met). See Mohammed. Mahon (ma-hoon' or ma-hōn') Maintenon (mǎnt/non' or man/te-non) Malcolm (mål/kom) Malone (ma-lōn/) Malte Brûn (mawlt brun' or mält/ebrun') Mantell(mănth)

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Marat (mä/rä') Marie-Antoinette

MODERN BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES.

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Marion (Am.) (măr/eMarlborough (mawl'b'ro)

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Montague

Martineau (Eng.) (mar/ti-nō)

Marlowe (mar/lō) Martel (mar/tel')

O.

Öhlenschläger, or Oehlenschläger (ö'lenshla/ger)

(mon/ta- Oberlin (o/ber-lin) Montaigne (mon/tan; Ogilby (o'g'l-bi) Fr. pron. montañ') Ogilvie (o'g'l-vi) Montalembert (moNMasaniello (mä-sä-ne- tä/lon/bêR') [käm') Mas/sa-soit' [el/lo) Montcalm (montMasséna (mäs-sä/nä; Montecuccoli (mon/tàFr. pron. mä'sa'nä') kook/ko-lee) Massillon (mas/sil-lon Montespan (mon'těs

(măs/sin

or mäs/se/yoN') Massinger jer) Mather (math/er) Maturin (mat/yoo-rin) Maunder (mawn/der) Maury (Am.) (maw/ri and măr/ri) Maury (Fr.) (mō're') Mazarin (măz/a-reen'; Fr. pron. mä/za/rǎn') Mazzini (mät-see/nee or mä-zee/nee) Meagher (ma'er) Medici (med'e-chee) Médicis (ma/de/sess' or med'e-sis)

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Motteux (mot-too/)
Moultrie (moo/tri)
Mow/att
Mozart (mo-zart/;
Ger. pron. mot/sart)
Müller (müller, al-
most miller)
Münchhausen (min-
chaw/sen; Ger.
pron. münk-how/-
zen)
[rät)

nik or met/ter-nik) Murat (mü'rä' or mu

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Olmstead (um/sted or ŏm/sted)

O'Meara (o-mee/ra;
Irish pron. o-ma'ra)
Orsini (OR-see/nee)
Ossian (Ŏsh'an)
Ousely (ooz/lĭ)
Oxenstiern
stern')

P.

(oks'en

Po/cocke Poin-sett'

Polk (polk or pōk) Pombal (pom-bal') Pompadour (pom/pa door' or poм/pä/dooR')

Ponce de Leon (pōn'-
tha dã là-ōn'
Poniatowski (po-ne-ä-
tov/ske)
Popham (pop/am)
Porteus (pōr/te-us)
Poussin (poo/SǎN')
Powell (pou/el)
Pow/hat-tǎn'
Praed (prad)
Preble (prěb/l)
Prichard (pritch'ard)
Prideaux (prĭd'o and
prĭd/ŏx)

Priessnitz (preess/nits)
Pughe (pu)

Pugin (pū jin)

Pulaski (pu-lǎs/kee;

Pol. pron. poo-läs'kee)

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Palgrave
Palmerston (päm/er-
ston)
Paoli (pä/o-lee or pow/-
Păr/a-çel'sus
Pardoe (par/do)
Par/nell

Pascal (pås/kal; Fr.
pron. päs/kal')
Pearce and Pearce
Pear'son and Pearson
Pepin (pěp'in or pip/-

in; Fr. pron. pehpǎN') Pepys (pěps) [see) Pestalozzi (pes-tä-lotPetrarch (pee/trärk) (It. Petrarca, patrar/kä) Piccolomini lom/e-nee)

(pik-ko

Pierce (peerss or perss)
Piozzi (pe-ot/see or pe-
Ŏz/zi)
Pizarro (pe-zăr/ro;
Sp. pron. pe-thäR/-
RO) [tǎj'e-net)
Plantagenet (plan-
Pleyel (pli'el); or
Pleyl (plil)
Po/ca-hon'tas

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Rembrandt brǎnt) Ren'nell

MODERN BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES.

(rem- Saussure (sō'sūr' or SO/SÜR')

[il)

Reuchlin (roik/lin)
Reynolds (ren/gldz)
Ricasoli (re-kä/so-lee)
Riccio (ret/cho)
Richelieu (resh'ch-
loo; Fr. pron. rêsh'-
le-uh')
Richter (rik'ter). Syn.

Jean Paul. Rienzi (re-en/zee), or Rienzo (re-en/zo) Rives (Amer.) (reevz) Rizzio (rêt'se-o or rit/se-o) Robespierre (ro'bespeer or robles-peer') [shon/bo') Rochambeau (ro'Rochefoucauld (rōsh/foo-kō or rosh/foo/kō') [zha') Roget (ro/zhā or ro'Romilly (Eng.) (rom/il-ĭ)

Rosecrans (rōz/krǎnts)
Rothschild (ros/child;
Ger. pron. rot/shilt)
Rousseau (roo'sō')
Routledge (rut/lij)
Rowe (ro)
Rowley (rou'lĭ)
Rutgers (rut/gers)

Rutherford (ruth'erford)

S.

Saadi. See Sadi. Sabine (săb'in) Sacheverell (sa-chev/er-el) Saintine (săn/tên) Saint-John (sent/-jon or sin'jen) [jer) Saint Leger (sillinSaint-Pierre (sentpeer or săn/pe-ên) Saint-Simon (sent-simon or săn/se/mON') Saladin (săl'a-din) Sand (Fr.) (SON) Săn/dřs (or săndz) Saunderson (sän/derson)

[dä)

Savile, or Saville (sav/Savonarola (sä-vo-näro/lä) Scaliger (skal/i-jer) Schelling (shel/ling) Schenck (skenk) Schiller (shil/ler) Schlegel (shla/gel or shla Gel) [er-mäк/er) Schleiermacher (shli'Schmidt (shmit) Schuyler (skiler) Scoresby (skōrz/bi) Scougal (skoo/gal) Scribe (skreb) Sepulveda (sa-pool/vaSer-ve/tus Sévigné (sa-veen'ya or sä/vên/ya') Seward (su/ard) Seymour (see'mer) Shakespeare; ten also Shakspeare and Shakspere. Shiel (sheel) Sidmouth (sid/muth) Sieyès (se-es', se-a', or se-a'ya') Sigel (see gel) [mind) Sigismund

writ

Spinola (spee/no-lä) Spinoza (spe-no/zä) Spurtzheim (spooRts/him or spûrz/im) Staël (stäl or stawl) Stanhope (stǎn/gp) Stanislaus (stan-is-la/us or stän-is-lä/us) Staunton (stän/ton) Steuben (Am.) (stū/Storrs (stōrz) [ben) Stowell (sto/el) Strahan and Strachan (strawn) [sant) Stuyvesant (sti veSue (su; Fr. pron. su) Suleyman (soo-lamän'). Syn. Soli

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(sij'is-Talbot (tawl/bot)

Sigourney (sig/or-ni) Talfourd (tawl/ford)
Sismondi (sis-mon/di; Taliaferro (tol/i-ver,

It. pron. sês-mon/dee) Slidell (sli-del')

Snorri

or

Sturluson (snor/ree stoor/looson) Soane (son) Sobieski (so-be-ĕs/kee) Socinus (so-si'nus) Somers (sum/erz) Sontag (son/täg son/täG) Sotheby (suth'e-bf) Soule (sōl) [la') Soulé (soo-la' or soolSoulouque (soo/look') Soult (soolt) Southard (suth/ard) Southern (suth'ern) Southey (sowth/i) Sowerby (sou'cr-bl) Soyer (soi'er or swäya')

Spalding (spawl'ding)

and sometimes těl/

fer) Talleyrand

(tâl/lĭ

rand; Fr. pron. täl/la/rŎn') Tallmadge (tal/mĭj) Tamerlane (tam'erlan or tăm/er-lān) Taney (taw/ni) [so.) Tasso (It. pron. täsTassoni (täs-so'nee) Te-cum/seh [muth) Teignmouth (tin Teniers (těn'yerz; Fr. pron. teh-ne-a or ten-ya') Thackeray (thak/cr-ri) Thalberg (tal/bĕRG) Theobald (thee/o

bawld or tib/bald) Thesiger (thes/I-jer) Thierry (te-er'ri or tea/rce') Thiers (te-êR')

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väld-sen)

Tieck (teek) Tighe (tī)

[te/ye')

Tilly (tille; Fr. pron. Timur, or Timour (tee/moor') Tintoretto (tên-toret/to)

Tippoo Sahib (tĭp/po sä/hib; almost sa'ib) Tischendorf (tish/endorf) Titian (tish'an) Tocqueville (tõk/vil; French pron. tok/vel') Torquato (toR-kwä/to) Torquemada (toR-kamä/Dä) Toucey (tou'sĭ) Toussaint L'Ouver

ture (too'sǎn' loo/věr/tür') [end) Townshend (townz/Trăd'es-cǎnt Trowbridge (tro/brij) Tyndale (tin/dal). Tyrwhitt (ter/it or ter/wit)

U.

Uhland (oo/länt Or yooʻland)

Ulfilas, or Ulphilas
(ŭl/fi-las)
Upham (up/am)
Urquhart (ark/art)
Uwins (yoo/inz)

V. Val-lan/di-gham (-dĭgam) [ren) Van Buren (văn bù Vanbrugh (văn/broo) Vancouver (văn-koover) Vandyke (văn-dīk/) (Dutch Vandyc, or Vandjik, vän-dik')

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MODERN BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES.

Van Rensselaer (văn ren/sel-ar) [tel')

W.

Vattel (vat-tel' or vät- Waldemar
Vauban (vo/bŎN')

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mar or wäldch- Wollstonecraft (wool'

Vaughan (vaw'n or mår)
vaw'an)

Vaux (Eng. & Am.)
(vawks)
Vega (vä/gä)

Velasquez (và-läs/kěz
or va-läs/kĕth)
Vernet (věR/na')
Verplanck(ver-plǎnk')
Ver-ste/gan
Ver'y-lam

Vespucci (věs-poot/-
chee)

Vicente (ve-sen/tâ)
Vida (vee/dä)

Vidocq (ve/dok')
Villiers (vil'yerz)
Vinci (vin'chee
vên/chee)

[stin) ston-kräft)

Worcester (woos/ter)

Wallenstein (wollen- Wolsey (wool/zi)
War/bur-ton

Wargentin (wär'gen- Wordsworth (wûrdz/-
teen) [ing-ton) wûrth)
Washington (wosh'- Wouverman
Watteau (vät/tō').

Weber (wa/ber or wa-
ber)

Wellesley (wělz/lĭ)
Wemys (weemz от
wĭmz)
Werner (wer/ner
wĕr'ner)

or

Whalley (hwŏl/lĭ)
Whewell (hü'el)
Whitefield (hwit'feeld)
or Wieland (wee/land;
German pron. wee-

Vladimir (vlăd/g-mêr) Volney (vŏlni; Fr. pron. vol/nā') Voltaire (vol-têr or vol'têR')

Vortigeru

(vor/te

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länt)

Willoughby (wil/lo-bi)
Willughby (willo-bi)

(wow/

Y.

Yonge (yung)

Youatt (yoo'at)
Youmans (yoo/manz)
Yriarte (e-re-aR/tå)
Ysabeau (e/zä/bō')

Z.

tsĭm/mer[dorf)

Wraxall (råks/al or Zim'mer-männ (Ger.

ver-män)

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Winckelmann (wink'- Xavier (zăv/ĭ-er; Sp.
el-män)
pron. Hä-ve-aR')
Windham (wind'am)Ximenes (zi-mee/nez;
Wolcott (wol'kot or Sp. pron. He-mā'-
wool/kŏt)

něs)

pron.

män)

Zinzendorf (tsint/sen-
Zollikofer (Ger.) (tsol'-
le-ko/fer)
Zol'li-koffer (Am.)
Zouch (zooch)

Zschokke (tshok/keh)
Zumala - Carregui
(thoo-mä/lä-käR-Rä

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ā, ē, &c., long; ă, ě, &c., short; câre, fär, åsk, all, what; êre, veil, tërm; pïque, firm ;

PRONOUNCING AND EXPLANATORY VOCABULARY

OF

COMMON ENGLISH CHRISTIAN NAMES.

A.

I. NAMES OF MEN.

Aaron (âr/un). [Heb.] Lofty; inspired. A'bel. [Heb.] Breath; transitoriness; vanity. A-bi'el. [Heb.] Father of strength. A-bijah. [Heb.] To whom Jehovah is a Father. [light. Ab'ner. [Heb.] Father of A'bra-ham. [Heb.] Father

of a multitude. [elevation. Abram. [Heb.] Father of Ad'am. [Heb.] Man; earthman; red earth. A-dŏl'phus.

[0. H. Ger.] Noble wolf, i. e. noble hero. Ad'o-ni'ram. [Heb.] Lord of height.

Al'a-rie. [0. H. Ger.] Allrich; or, noble ruler. Albert. [0. H. Ger.] Nobly bright; illustrious. Al'bi-on. [Celt.] Mountainous land; the ancient name of England. Alex-ăn’der. [Gr.] A de

fender of men. Alfred. [0. H. Ger.] Elf in council; i. e., good counselor. [ALPHONSO. A-lŎn'zo. [0. Ger.] Same as Al'phe-us (properly Al-phe/us). [Heb.] Exchange. Al-phon'so. [O. H. Ger.] Allready; willing.

Al'vah, [Heb.] Iniquity.

Al'van.

Am'brose. [Gr.] Immortal; | Ben'e-diet. [Lat.] Blessed.

divine.

Am'mi. [Heb.] My people. A'mcs. [Heb.] Strong; courageous; otherwise, a burden.

An'drew (ăndry). [Gr.]
Strong; manly.
An'selm. [0. H. Ger.] Pro-

tection of God.

[Lat.]

An'tho-ny (-to-), An'to-nỹ. J Priceless; praiseworthy. Är'chi-bald. [Ger.] Extremely bold; otherwise, holy prince. Är'te-mas.

[Gr.] Gift of

Artemis, or Diana. Är'thur. [Celt.] High; noble. A'sa. [Heb.] Healer; phy[God.

sician.

As'a-hěl. [Heb.] Made of A'saph. [Heb.] A collector. Ash'er. [Heb.] Happy; fort[ness.

unate.

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[Lat.] Dim-sighted. Cephas. [Aramaic.] A stone. Ash'ur. [Heb.] Black; black- Charles. [O. H. Ger.] Strong; Au-güs'tin, [Lat.] Belong- manly; noble-spirited. Au-gustine, ing to Au-Christ'ian. [Lat.] BelongAus'tin. gustus. ing to Christ; a believer in Au-gus'tus. [Lat.] Exalted; Christ. [ing Christ. imperial. [of the Lord. Chris'to-pher. [Gr.] BearAz'a-ri'ah. [Heb.] Helped Clǎr'ençe. [Lat.] Illustrious. Clau'di-us, [Lat.] Lame. Claude. Elem'ent. [Lat.] Mild-tempered; merciful. €on'rad. [0. H. Ger.] Bold in council; resolute. €ŏn'stant. [Lat.] Firm; faithful. €ön'stan-tine. olute; firm. Cor-ne li-us (or kor-neekyus). [Lat.] (Uncertain.)

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Al'vin, [0. H. Ger.] Be- Bar-thŏl'o-mew. [Heb.] A
Al'win. loved by all.

warlike son.

Am'a-ri'ah. [Heb.] Whom | Bar-zil'lãi. [Heb.] Iron of

Jehovah promised.

Am'a-så. [Heb.] A burden.

the Lord; firm; true. Băş'il. [Gr.] Kingly; royal.

[Lat.] Res

son, ôr, dọ, wolf, too, took; ûrn, rye, pyll; ç, g, soft; ́e, ÿ', hard; ag; exist; nas ng; this.

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