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How many
Caribbean Islands can
you pronounce correctly?

Asterisks spotlight names that many foreigners mispronounce. I give the correct pronunciations (the ones the islanders use themselves).

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Anguilla*  ahn-gweel-ah

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Antigua*/Barbuda* ahn-tee-gah/bah-boo-dah

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Aruba  ah-roo-bah

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Bahamas  buh-hah-mahz

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Barbados  Bahr-bay-dohs

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Belize  buh-leez

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Bonaire*  boh-nair

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Cayman Islands  kay-man

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Cuba  kyoo-bah

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Curacao*  cuhr-ah-soh

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Dominica  dohm-uh-nee-kuh

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Dominican Republic  duh-mihn-eh-kun

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Grenada  gruh-nay-dah

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Grenadines  greh-nah-deens

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Guadeloupe*  gwohd-ell-oop

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Haiti  hay-tee

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Honduras  hohn-duhr-uhs

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Jamaica  juh-may-kuh

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Martinique  mahr-tih-neek

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Montserrat  mohnt-suh-raht

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Puerto Rico  pwehr-toh ree-koh

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Saba* say-bah

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St Barts  bahrts

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St Eustatius  you-stay-shush

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St Kitts / Nevis*  kitz / nee-vihs

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St Lucia*  loo-shuh

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St Martin / St Maarten   both: mahr-tihn

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Trinidad/Tobago*  trinh-eh-dahd / tuh-bay-go

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Turks / Caicos*  turks / kay-kos

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