How to pronounce
country names

Do you know
how to pronounce
these country names?

I've heard more than a few travelers make the pronunciation blunders listed below. It can be embarrassing, I know. I made my fair share (and still do).

Use my guide to learn how to pronounce the country names correctly.

Azerbaijan: azz-uhr-beh-JAHN

BAH-rain

Bahrain: bah-RAIN
BAH-rain

Belarus: bell-ah-ROOZ
beh-LARE-us

Brunei: Brew-NEE

Brew-NAY

Burkina Faso: buhr-KEE-neh fah-SOU

BURK-ee-nah fah-SEW

Burundi: boo-ROON-dee
boo-RUN-dee

Comoros Islands: KOHM-uh-roze
koh-mohr-us

Djibouti: jeh-BOO-tee
dee'JEH-boot-ee

Eritea: urh-uh-TREE-UH
eh-REE-tee-ah

Gabon: gah-BONE

gah-BAHN

Guinea-Bissau: GIHN-ee beh-SUE

GIHN-nee-ah Bis-sowh

Kazakhstan: KAH-zak-stahn

kah-ZAK-stahn

Kyrgyzstan: KUR-jee-stahn
kur-GIZ-stahn

Lesotho: luh-soh-toh

leh-soh-tho

Liechtenstein: LICK-tuhn-stine
LEECH-tuhn-stine

Maldives: MOHL-deeves

MAL-dives

Mauritius: moh-REESH-us
mohr-uh-TEE-us

Moldova: Mahl-DOH-vuh

mold-DOH-vah

Myanmar: my'ahn-MAHR
mee-AHN-mahr

Namibia: nah-MIB-ee-ah

nah-MIH-bee-ah

Nevis: NEE-vus
NEH-vus

Paraguay: pare-uh-GW'EYE
pare-uh-GWAY

Qatar: KUT-uhr

kah-TAHR

Seychelles: say-SHELL

SAY-SHELLS

Tajikistan: taj-JEEK-eh-stahn

tah-JICK-eh-stahn

Thailand: TYE-land
THIGH-land

Uruguay: yuhr-uh-GW'EYE
uhr-ah-GWAY

Uzbekistan: ooz-BEHK-eh-stahn

ooz-BEH-kis-stahn

Now you know how to pronounce the country names with confidence.

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