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Adiyaman |
ah DEE ya mahn |
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AL-SISSI, ABDEL FATTAH |
AHB-dehl FAH-tah ah SEE-see |
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Ali Khamenei |
ah LEE / ha meh nay EE |
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Allan Ssewanyana |
AL lan / seh WAHN yah nah |
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Aru |
AHR oo |
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Balochistan |
bah LOO che stan |
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Bekir Bozdag |
beh KIR / BOZE dah |
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Blahodatne |
BLAH ho DOT neh |
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu |
BOH lah / AH med / tin OO boo |
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Boluarte, Dina |
dee nah / bol oo WAR tay |
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Castillo, Pedro |
PEH dro / kass TEE yoh |
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CAVUSOGLU, MEVLUT |
mayv LOOT / chav oo SHO loo |
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Chakwera, Lazarus |
LAZ uh russ / chahk WAIR ah |
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Chisinau |
KISH-IN-NOW |
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Ciu Jianchun |
CHWAY TSEE-EN CHUH-WHEN |
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DEBY, MAHAMAT IDRISS |
mah-HAH-mat ih-DRIHS deh-BEE |
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Defrin, Efi |
eh-FEE DEHF-rin |
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Dhaka |
TH'AH-kah |
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ECOWAS |
EH-KOH-WAHZ |
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Eleonora Srebroski |
el-EE-en-OR-ah seh-bror-SKEE |
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ERDOGAN, RECEP TAYYIP |
reh-JEHP t-eye-YIHP ERR-doh-ahn |
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Erkin Tuniyaz |
ER kin / TOON ih yahz |
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Felix Tshisekedi |
fay LEEKS / CHEE seh keh dee |
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Gaziantep |
gah ZEE AHN tep |
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German Galushchenko |
HAIR mahn / ha LOOSH chen koh |
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Getachew Reda |
gay tah CHOO / reh DAH |
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GHEBREYESUS, TEDROS ADHANOM |
TED'-rohs AD'-ih-nom GEH'-bree-AY-suhs |
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Gibran Rakabuming Raka |
GEE-BRRAHN // RAH-KAH-BOO-MING // RRAH-KAH |
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HARRIS, KAMALA |
COM-uh-la HAIR-is
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Hatay |
HA tye (2nd syllable rhymes with "eye") |
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Hossein Amir-Abdollahian |
HO-SANE AH-MEER AHB-DUL-LAH-HE-UHN |
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HOUTHI |
HOO-thee |
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Hun Manet |
HOON MAN-EYE'T (long I sound, the final consonant is almost swallowed, said as a very soft d) |
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Iskenderun |
iss KEN deh roon |
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Islahiye |
iss LAH hee eh |
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Javier Milei |
HAHV-EE-AIR ME-LAY-EE |
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Kakhovka (dam) |
KA-HOV-KAH |
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Kseniya Karelina |
k-SEN-ee-yah Kar-EH-lin-uh |
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KYIV |
KEE' -yeev |
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Lagos |
LAY-GOS |
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Li Qiang |
LEE CHEE-AHNG |
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Lyman |
LEE mahn |
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Lysak, Serhii |
sair HEE / LISS ahk |
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MADURO, NICOLAS |
nee-koh-LAHS mah-DOO-roh |
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Medvedev, Andrey |
ahn DRAY / myed VYEH dyev |
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Mekelle |
MEH kell eh |
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MOSCOW |
MOS-KO |
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Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut |
NA-TAH-POHNG RUNG-PUNG-PAHN-YAH-WUHT |
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Pezeshkian, Masoud |
Mas-OOD puh-zesh-KEY-ahn |
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Pita Limjaroenrat |
pih-TAH LIM-ja-RUN-rud |
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PRAYUTH CHAN-OCHA |
prah-YOOT chahn oh-CHAH |
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Prigozhin, Yevgeny |
yev GAY nee / pree GOH zin |
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PUTIN, VLADIMIR |
vlah-DEE-meer POO-tihn |
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Pyongyang |
P'YUNG-yahng |
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Qin Gang |
cheen GAHNG |
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Rohingya |
roh HING ah (hing rhymes with sing) |
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Rosalynn Carter |
ROSE-UH-LIN CAR-TERR |
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Routh, Ryan Wesley |
RAI-YAN WEZ-LEE ROWTH |
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Samandag |
SAH MAHN dah |
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Shinawatra, Paetongtarn |
PAY-TONG-TAHN SHIN-AH-WAHT |
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Sigrid Kaag |
SIG-RID COG |
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Smolyaninov, Artur |
ar TUR / smol YAY nyee nov |
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Soledar |
sohl leh DAR |
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SOLEIMANI, QASSEM |
KAH -sum Sole – ah -MAHN - ee |
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Subianto, Prabowo |
PRRAH-BOH-WOH // SOO-BEE-AHN-TOH |
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Tariq Ahmad |
TAR-ICK AH-MED |
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Tchiani, Abdourahmane |
AB-DA-RAKH-MAN CHAH-NEE |
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Thessaloniki |
THESS ah loh NEE kee |
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THUNBERG, GRETA |
GRAY-tah TOON-beh-ree |
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Tigray |
tih GRYE (rhymes with eye) |
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Tigray |
tih GRYE (rhymes with eye) |
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Upadhyaya, Moxila |
MOK-SHIL-LAH OO-PAHD-THEE-AI |
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USAID |
US-AID |
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Uzhhorod |
OOZH-RAW-ROT |
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Wagner Group |
VAHG-NER GROOP |
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Wang Yi |
wahng yee |
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Wei Fenghe |
way fung hueh |
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Xie Feng |
SEE-EH FUNG |
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ZELENSKY, VOLODYMYR |
VOH loh-dee-meer Zeh-LEN-ski |
