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RESOURCJi:S OF CALIFORNIA. 



serve as a further guide to the proper pronunciation of some 

 of the names : 



Spanish Names and Pronunciation. 

 Diego — dee ay go. 

 Suisun — soo ee soon. 

 Alameda — ah lah may da. 

 Sierra — see er ra, 

 Nevada — nay vah dah. 

 Mateo — mah tay o. 

 Monterey — mon ta ray ee. 

 Luis Obispo — loo eess o bees po. 

 Los Angeles — Iocs an gel es. 

 Vallejo — val yay ho. 

 Vallecito — val yay thee to. 

 Joaquin — ho ah keen. 

 Juan Bautistar— hwan bah oo teestah. 



Spanish Names and Pronunciation. 

 Jose — ho say. 



Jesus Maria — hay soos mah ree ah- 

 Puta — poo tah. 

 Tejon — tay hone. 

 Farallones — fah rahl yo nes. 

 Gabriel — gah bree ale. 

 Rafael — rah fah ale. 

 Miguel — mee gale. 

 Pajaro — pah hah ro. 

 Coyote — CO yo tay. 

 Pacheco — pah chay co. 

 Cahuilla — cah oo eel ya. 

 Queretaro — kay ray tah ro. 



This table is not a perfect guide to pronunciation, but only 

 an approximation. 



Placer has been anglicized so much that it is commonly 

 spoken with the accent on the first syllable. Mokelumne and 

 Tuolumne have the accent on the antepenultimate and the 

 vowel short. Siskiyou has the accent on the first syllable. 

 Sutter is pronounced with the u like " oo" in foot. Mokel- 

 umne is often mispronounced Mac al a my, and the Cosum- 

 nes River is not unfrequently called the Macosme. Folsom 

 is pronounced like the adjective fulsome. Yosemite has four 

 syllables with the accent on the antepenultimate (Yo sem i te). 



