AB-ag-nail
uh-TEE-uh uh-BOW-ee
Aboul-Ela
AH-boo JAH-ber
issel-deen abu-laysh
ah-come-POUR-uh
ANN-dray AH-see-mahn
Gil is short for Gillian, thus pronounced Jill
TOE-me ah-dee-YEH-me
Chim-muh-MAHN-duh en-GOH-zee ah-DEECH-ee-(ay) The “ay” is soft, not quite a diphthong.
arh-vindh adi-ja
BIH-see ad-juh-PAHN
AH-min-uh AH-muhd
juh-MEE-luh AH-mehd
KAH-veh ACK-bar
First name pronounced kice (rhymes with rice)
i-yahd AHK-tar (first syllable rhymes with my)
u-em ak-pan
The pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, pronounced CHAHAR-kesh-veely
Rah-be Ahlah-m'dean
danYELL all-ar-CONE (the "r" is not rolled as in Spanish only double-r's are rolled)
al-bum (as in record album)
All-bright
AL-da. Most pronounce the first syllable to rhyme with ball, but considering Alda's father created the name from the first two letters of his first and last name (Alphonso D'Abruzzo), arguably the first syllable should be as in the Al in Alphonso.
sher-mn a-lexie
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