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Inchbald (inch/bald)
Inez (ee/nčz)
In/ge-low
Ireton (ir/ton)
Iriarte

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

Hahnemann (hä/neh

män)

Hakluyt;

[va/gä)

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

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

loo'e')

Lowth (louth)

Loyola (loi-o'la or loLyf'ord

[yo'lä)

M.

also Hackluyt. Ha-lō'ran Han/deÎ (Ger. Händel, hen/del) [kurt) Harcourt (Eng.) (harHardicanute (har'deka-nut')

Hardinge (här/ding)
Haroun - al - Raschid
(hä-roon/äl-răsh'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'ngh) [man)
Heintzelman (hint'sel-
Helvetius (hel-vee/shi-
Hěm/ang
Hengist (hěng/gist)
Herder (her'der
hĕr'der)

(us)

or

Herrera (ĕR-Ra'rä)

Herschel (her'shel)

Hewes (hüz)

Heylin (ha/lin)

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

J.

Jacobi (yä-ko/bee) Jamieson (jăm/e-son or jami-son) Jean Paul (zhon powl or jeen pawl) Jellachich (yel/lä-KiK) Joan of Arc (Fr. Jeanne d'Arc, zhän dark') [zhwan/vel') Joinville (join'vil or Jouffroy (zhoof'frwä') Juarez (HOO-ä/res or Hwä/rĕth) Junot (zhü'no')

K.

Kant (kant or känt) Kantemir (kän/temeer) Kavanagh (kav'a-nä or kav/a-näн') Kearney (kar/ni) Keble (kěb/l) Keightly (kit/lee) Kneller (nel/ler; Ger. pron. kneller) Knolles (nolz); written also Knollys (nōlz)

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

La Fontaine (lä fon/tan': Fr. pron. lä/fon/ten')

[ten')

or

(leh

Laing (láng) Lamartine (lä/mar/Lamballe (lŎN/bäl') La Motte-Fouqué (lä mot-foo/ka') La Pérouse (lä parooz') Laplace (lä/pläss') Las Casas (läs kä/säs) Las Cases (läs käz) La'tham Lavater (lä-vä/ter lä/vä/têR') Lavoisier(lä/vwä/ze-â') Layard (la/ard) Legaré (Am.) gree/) Legendre(leh-zhŎNd'r' or leh-jěn'der) Leibnitz, or Leibniz (lip/nits) Leigh (lee) Leighton (la/ton) Lem priere (lem/pri-er or lem-preer') Le Sage, or Lesage (leh-säzh') L'Estrange (les-trānj') Le/ver Leverrier (leh-věr/rier or leh-va/re-') Liddell (Îĭd/del) Lieber (lee/ber)

Syn.

[văn)

Macaulay (ma-kaw/li)
Macchiavelli (mäk-ke-
ä-vel/lee).
Machiavel.
MacCulloch (ma-kul/-
lth )
MacIlvaine (nak/il-
Mackay (ma-ka' and
ma-ki')
Mack'in-tosh
Mack/lin
Mac lau'rin
Maclean (mak-lān')
Macleod (ma-klowd')
Maclin (ma-klin')
Maclise (ma-kleez')
Macomb (ma-komb')
Macready (ma-kree'dí)
Mad'oc

Magellan (ma-jel'lan;
Sp. pron. mä-Hĕl-
yän')
Maginn (ma-gin')
Mahmud,

or Mah

moud (mäh'mood') Mahomet (ma-hom/et, ma/ho-met, or mäho-met). See Mohammed. Mahon (ma-hoon' or ma-hōn') Maintenon (mǎnt/non' or man/te-non) Malcolm (mål/kqm) Malone (ma-lōn') Malte Brún (mawlt brun' or mält/gbrun') Mantell (măn)

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Marat (mä/rä') Marie-Antoinette

MODERN BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES.

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Martineau (Eng.) (mar'ti-nō)

Marlowe (mar/lō) Martel (mar/tel')

(mon/ta- Oberlin (o/ber-lin) Montaigne (mon/tan; Ogilby (o'g'l-bi) Fr. pron. montañ') Ogilvie (o'g'l-vij Montalembert (moN

[ello)

tä/lon/bêR') [käm') Montcalm (mont

kook/ko-lee)

Masaniello (mä-sä-ne-
Más/sa-soit'
Masséna (mäs-sa/nä; Montecuccoli (mon/ta-
Fr. pron. mä/sa/nä')

pǎn'; Fr. pron. môn/těs/p°N Montesquieu (mon'tes-ku; Fr. pron. mon/tas/ke-uh') Montgolfier (mon/gol/fe-a or mont-gol/fi

Massillon (măs/sil-lon Montespan (mon'tĕsor mäs/se/yoN') Massinger (măs/sinjer) Mather (math/er) Maturin (mat/yoo-rin) Maunder (mawn/der) Maury (Am.) (maw'ri and mur/ri) Maury (Fr.) (mo're') Mazarin (măz/a-reen'; Fr. pron. mä/zä/rǎN')

Öhlenschläger, or Oeh-
lenschläger (ö'len-
shlå/ger)

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/l)
Oxenstiern
stern')

(oks'en

Paoli (pä/o-lee or pow/Păr/a-çel'sus

Po/cocke Poin-sett'

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

Ponce de Leon (pōn'
thã dà lã-ōn'
Poniatowski (po-ne-är
tov/ske)
Popham (pop/am)
Porteus (pōr/te-us)
Poussin (poo'sǎN')
Powell (pou/el)
Pow/hạt-tăn
Praed (prad)
Preble (prěb/l)
Prichard (pritchard)
Prideaux (prĭd'o and
prĭd/ŏx)

Priessnitz (preess/nits)
Pughe (pu)

Pugin (pu'jin)

Pol. pron. poo-läs'

er) Montgomery (mont-gum'er-i) Montrose (mont-roz/) Moore (Eng.) (mōr) Moray (mur/ri)

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Pusey (pū/zi)

Moreau (mo'rō')

Morel (mo'rel')

Morell (mo-reli')

Pardoe (par/do)

Q.

Morrell (Am.) (mor

Parnell

[rel)

Pascal (pas/kal;

Fr.

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Mazzini (mät-see/nee or m'a-zee/nee) Meagher (ma/er) Medici (med'e-chee) Médicis (ma/de/sess' or med'e-sis)

Meigs (měgz)

Môr/ton

del-sōn) Mendoza (men-do/zą; Sp. pron. měn-dotha) Metastasio (met/a-stä'se-o or ma-tä-stä/se-o) Metternich (met/ternik or met/ter-nik) Meyer (mi'er) Meyerbeer(mi'er-bāR') Meyrick (měr/ik) Millin-gen Milne (Scot.) (mil)

Milne (Eng.) (miln)

Milnes (milz)

Mirabeau (mir/a-bo

or me'rä/bō')

Motteux (mot-too') Moultrie (moo/tri) Mow/att Mozart (mo-zart/; Ger. pron. mot/sart) Müller (müller, almost miller) Münchhausen (minchaw'sen; Ger. fron. münk-how/zen) [rät) Murat (mü'rä' or muMurillo (moo-reel'yo or mū-ril/lo) Mylne (miln)

N.

Napier (na/pe-er)

[lä) Neck/er (Fr. pron.

Mirandola (me-rän/do- něk kêr')

pron. päs/käl')
Pearce and Pearce
Pearson and Pear/son
Pepin (pěp'in or pip/-
in; Fr. pron. peh-
pǎN')
Pepys (pěps) [see)
Pestalozzi (pěs-tä-lot-
Petrarch (pee/trärk)
(It. Petrarca, pa-
traR/kä)
Piccolomini (pik-ko-
lom/e-nee)
Pierce (pecrss 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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MODERN BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES.

(rem/-Saussure (sō'sūr' or

Reuchlin (roik/lin)
Reynolds (ren/oldz)
Ricasoli (re-kä/so-lee)
Riccio (ret/cho)
Richelieu (resh'eh-
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 (ret'se-o or rit/se-o) Robespierre (ro'bespeer or robles-peĕr') [shon/bo') Rochambeau (ro/Rochefoucauld (rōsh'foo-kō' or rosh/foo/kō') [zha') Roget (ro/zha or ro'Romilly (Eng.) (rom/il-Y)

Rosecrans (rōz/krǎnts) Rothschild (ros/child; Ger. pron. rōt'shilt) Rousseau (roo'sō') Routledge (rut/lij) Rowe (ro)

Rowley (rou/l) Rutgers (rut/gers) Rutherford (ruth'erford)

8.

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 sǎn/se/mON') Saladin (săl'a-din) Sand (Fr.) (SON) Săn/dŰs (or săndz) Saunderson (sän/derson)

SO'SÜR') [il) Savile, or Saville (sav/Savonarola (sä-vo-näro/lä) Scaliger (skal'i-jer) Schelling (shelling) Schenck (skenk) Schiller (shil'ler) Schlegel (shla/gel or shla'Gel) [er-mäk/er) Schleiermacher (shliSchmidt (shmit) Schuyler (ski/ler) Scoresby (skōrz/bi) Scougal (skoo/gal) Scribe (skreb) Sepulveda (sã-pool/vaSer-ve/tus Sévigné (sã-veen'ya or sa/vên/ya') Seward (su'ard) Seymour (see'mer) Shakespeare:

[dä)

writ

ten also Shakspeare and Shakspere. Shiel (sheel) Sidmouth (sid/muth) Sieyès (se-es', se-a', or se-a'ya') Sigel (see gel) [mund) Sigismund (sij'isSigourney (sig/or-ni) Sismondi (sis-mon'dí; It. pron. sês-mon'dee) Slidell (sli-del') Snorri

Sturluson (snor/ree stoor/looson) Soane (son)

or

Sobieski (so-be-ĕs/kee)
Socinus (so-si'nus)
Somers (sum/erz)
Sontag (son/täg
son/täG)
Sotheby (suth/e-by)
Soule (sōl) [la')
Soulé (soo-la or 800/-
Soulouque (soo/look')
Soult (soolt)
Southard (suth/ard)
Southern (suth'ern)
Southey (sowth/1)
Sowerby (sou/cr-by)
Soyer (soi'er or swä-
yā')

Spalding (spawl'ding)

Spinola (spee/no-lä) Spinoza (spe-no/zä) Spurtzheim (spoortshim or sparz'im) Staël (stäl or stawl) Stanhope (stan'gp) Stanislaus (stăn-is-la/us or stan-is-lä/us) Staunton (stän/ton) Steuben (Am.) (stū'Storrs (stōrz) [ben) Stowell (stō'el) Strahan and Strachan (strawn) [sant) Stuyvesant (stí'veSue (su; Fr. pron. sü) Suleyman (soo-lamän'). Syn. Soli[sü'ye') Sully (sul/Ir; Fr. pron. Suwarrow (soo-Ŏr/ro); written Souvoroff or Suworow (Russ. pron. 800-vo'rof) Swe'den-borg (Sw. pron. swa/den-bORG) Sydenham (sid/gn-am)

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lân or tăm/er-lan) Taney (taw/n) [80.) Tas/so (It. pron. täsTassoni (täs-so'nee) Te-cum/seh [mŭth) Teignmouth (tin Teniers (těn'yerz; Fr. pron. teh-ne-a or ten-ya') Thackeray (thak/er-ri) Thalberg (täl/bĕrg) Theobald (thee/obawld or tib/bald) Thesiger (thes/I-jer) Thierry (te-ĕr'ri or tea'ree') Thiers (te-êR')

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[te/ye')

Tilly (tille; Fr. pron. Timur, or Timour (tee/moor') Tintoretto (tên-toret/to) Tippoo Sahib (tĭp/po sä/hib; almost sä/ĭb) Tischendorf (tish'endorf) Titian (tish'an) Tocqueville (tõk/vil; French pron. tok/vel') Torquato (tor-kwä'to) Torquemada (toR-kamä/Dä) Toucey (tou's) 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 (0o/länt or yooʻland) Ulfilas, or Ulphilas (ŭl/ff-las) Upham (up/am) Urquhart (ark/art) Uwins (yoo/Inz)

V.

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

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

PRONOUNCING AND EXPLANATORY VOCABULARY

OF

COMMON ENGLISH CHRISTIAN NAMES.

A.

Aaron (âr/un). [Heb.] Lofty;
inspired.
A'bel. [Heb.] Breath; tran-
sitoriness; vanity.
A-bi'el. [Heb.] Father of
strength.

A-bi'jah. [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; earth-
man; red earth.
A-dŏl'phus. [0. H. Ger.]
Noble wolf, i. e. noble hero.
Ad'o-ni'ram. [Heb.] Lord
of height.

I. NAMES OF MEN.

Am'prose. [Gr.] Immortal; | Bĕn'e-diet. [Lat.] Blessed.

divine.

Am'mi. [Heb.] My people.
A'mcs. [Heb.] Strong; cou-
rageous; otherwise, a bur-
den.

An'drew (ăn/drụ). [Gr.]
Strong; manly.

Běn'ja-min. (Heb.] Son of
the right hand.
Be-ri'ah. [Heb.] In calamity.
Bēr'nard, [0. H. Ger.] Bold
Bär'nard. S as a bear.
Bēr'tram. [0. H. Ger.] Bright

raven.

An'selm. [0. H. Ger.] Pro- Be-zăl'e-el. [Heb.] In the

tection of God.

[Lat.] Priceless;

An'tho-ny (-to-),
An'to-ny.
praiseworthy.
Är'chi-bald. [Ger.] Extreme-
ly bold; otherwise, holy
prince.
Är'te-mas. [Gr.] Gift of
Artemis, or Diana.
Arthur. [Celt.] High; noble.
A'sa. [Heb.] Healer; phy-
sician.
[God.

Al'a-rie. [0. H. Ger.] All-
rich; or, noble ruler.
Albert. [0. H. Ger.] Nobly
bright; illustrious.
Albi-on. [Celt.] Mountain-
ous land; - the
name of England.
Alex-ănder. [Gr.] A de- | Au-gustine,
fender of men.

unate.

shadow (protection) of God. Bŏn'i-façe. [Lat.] A benefactor.

C.

Cad-wal'la-der. [Brit.] Bat-
tle-arranger.

Çæ'şar. [Lat.] Hairy; or,
blue-eyed; or, born under
the cesarean operation.
Caleb. [Heb.] A dog.
€ǎl'vin. [Lat.] Bald.
Cecil (se'sil, sis'il, or ses'il).
[Lat.] Dim-sighted.
Cephas. [Aramaic.] A stone.
Charles. [0. H. Ger.] Strong;
manly; noble-spirited.

As'a-hěl. [Heb.] Made of A'saph. [Heb.] A collector. Ash'er. [Heb.] Happy; fort[ness. ancient Ash'ur. [Heb.] Black; blackAu-gus'tin, [Lat.] Belonging to Au-Christ'ian. [Lat.] Belonggustus. ing to Christ; a believer in 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.

Aus'tin.

Alfred. [0. H. Ger.] Elf Au-gus'tus. [Lat.] Exalted;
in council; i. e., good coun-
selor.
[ALPHONSO.
A-lŎn'zo. [0. Ger.] Same as
Al'phe-us (properly Al-phe-
us). [lleb.] Exchange.
Al-phon'so. [0. H. Ger.] All-
ready; willing.

Al'vah, [Heb.] Iniquity.

B.

Băp'tist. [Gr.] A baptizer;
a purifier.

Bär'na-bas, [Heb.] Son of
Bǎr'na-by. consolation.

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

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Jehovah promised.

Am'a-så. [Heb.] A burden.

són, ôr, do, wolf, too, took;

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

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