Pronunciation Guide
A
Albury - All-bree
Albany - If referring to WA town, AL-buh-nee. But mostly, it's pronounced awl·buh·nee
Albeit - awl-bee-it, not al-bae-it
Archivist - AH-kuh-vist, not ah-KIGH-vist
Asterisk - As-ter-risk, not as-ter-rix
AUKUS or Aukus - AW-kuss, not OW (like owl) -kuss
Aurora borealis - uh-RAW-ruh baw-ree-AY-luhs
Austinmer - OST-uhn-meer (as in Rydalmere).
B
Bellambi - buh-LAM-bee
Bonython, ACT / Port Bonython, SA - Bon-EYE-thon
Bulli - BULL-igh (not bully/bull-ee)
C
Cakobau - Tha-KOM-bau
Candidate - kan-duh-duht not kan-dee-deit
Canowindra (town in NSW) Can-OUN-dra
Caricature - ka·ruh·kuh·chuor. Not ka-rick-cha or character-cha
Cillian (Irish actor, Cillian Murphy) - ki·lee·uhn
Cockburn (town in WA and SA) - CO-burn, not COCK-burn
Contribute - kuhn·TRI·byoot, not CON-tri-byoot
Corrimal - KO-ruh-mul
Cringila - krin-JIL-uh (as in 'cringe', not cring-ela)
D
de Minaur, Alex (Australian tennis player) - dim-uh-NAW (not DEE-muh-naw)
E
El Nino - el-NIN-yoh (not el-NEE-noh)
Epitome - uh·pi·tuh·mee
F
Forster (town in NSW) - FOSS-ta, not FORS-ta
Faruqi, Mehreen - (Greens Senator) - muh-REEN fuh-ROOH-kee
G
Gallagher - ordinarily GAL-uh-guh. However, in the case of the Australian politician, Senator Katy Gallagher, the 'g' is silent. Therefore, GAL-uh-her.
Gerringong - JE-ring-gong (with a soft G).
GIF - jiff
Grievous - GREEV-uhs (not GREE-vee-uhs)
H
Heinous - hey-nuhs, not heen-ni-us
Hyperbole - hai·PUR·buh·lee
I
Incorporate - In-KAW-puh-rate, not in-kawprut
Infrastructure - In-FRA-structure, not in-FA-structure
Itinerary - eye-tin-ah-ruh-ree
J
Jervis Bay - JUR-vuhs (UR as in 'fur')
K
Kanahooka - KAN-uh-hook-uh
K'Gari (the indigenous, official name for Fraser Island) - GAH-ree
L
Labasa - Lam-barsa
Li Keqiang - LEE kur-CHIANG
Lake Cathie (NSW) - Cat-eye, not Cathy
Leipzig - LIPE-sig, not LEEPzig
M
Malediction - Ma-luh-DIK-shn
Mischievous - MIS-chuh-vus, not mis-CHEE-vee-us
N
Nadi (Fijian city) - Nan-dee
Nee (ordinarily has accent above second 'e') - nei or nay, not like knee
Nuclear - Nyoo-klee-ah, not Nyoo-kyuh-la
O
Ostensibly - oss-TEN-sib-lee, not oss-TEN-SIVE-lee
P
Pago Pago (Capital of American Samoa) - Pango Pango
Particularly - ParticuLARLY, not particuly.
Plethora - PLETH-uh-ruh not pleth-ORA
Prigozhin, Yevgeny (Russian Oligarch and owner of Wagner Private Military Company) - yehv-GYEH-nee (the letter G has the same sound as in gear) pree-GOH-jeen (the letter J has the same sound as in Je suis, I am, in French).
Prime Minister - PriME Minister, not Pri-Minister
Pronunciation - Pro-NUN-ciation, NOT, Pro-NOUN-ciation
Q
Qing Ming (Chinese festival of the dead) - Ching-ming
Quaggy - KWOG-ee
Qwamby - KWOM-bee
Quinoa - keen-waa, not kee-no-ah or quin-no-ah
R
Recherche Bay- (TAS) - RE-search
Rhetoric- pronounced RET-uh-ric
S
Soutphommasane, Tim - (Academic and former Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner) - Soot-pom-ma-sarn
T
Thirlmere - THIRL-mere (rhymes with hurl)
Thirroul - thi-ROOHL
U
Urumqi "oo-ROOM-chee".
V
Vulnerable - VULN-er-able, not VUN-erable
W
Wairoa - wigh-ROH-uh
Wharaaki (also known as White Island in NZ)- Fa-RAR-key
Wangkatjungka (Aboriginal community in WA) - Won-ka-jon-ka
Were, JB (Stockbroker) - jay-bee-WEER
Woonona - Wuh-NOOH-nuh, not Wuh-NONA
X
Xi Jinping - Shee Jin-Ping
Y
Yevgeny Prigozhin - (Russian Oligarch and owner of Wagner Private Military Company) - yehv-GYEH-nee (the letter G has the same sound as in gear) pree-GOH-jeen (the letter J has the same sound as in Je suis, I am, in French).
Yosemite (National Park in the USA) - yuh-SEM-uh-tee, not Yo-sem-ite
Z
Zaire (was the name of a country that is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo) - zigh-EER
Zoology - ZOE-ol-ogee, not ZOO-ol-ogee