430 RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. 
serve as a further guide to the proper pronunciation of some 
of the names: 
Spanish Names and Pronunciation. Spanish Names and Pronunciation. 
Diego—dee dy go. José—ho say. 
Suisun—soo ee sdéon. Jesus Maria—hay sdos mah reé ah. 
Alameda—ah lah may da. Puta—péo tah. 
Sierra—see ér ra. Tejon—tay héne. 
Nevada—nay vah dah. Farallones—fah rahl yo nes, 
Mateo—mah tay o. Gabriel—gah bree dle. 
Monterey—mon ta ray ee. Rafael—rah fah dle. 
Luis Obispo—loo éess o bées po. | Miguel—mee gale. 
Los Angeles—loce dn gel es. Pajaro—pd4h hah ro. 
Vallejo—val yay ho. Coyote—co yé tay. 
Vallecito—val yay thée to. Pacheco—pah chay co. 
Joaquin—ho ah kéen. Cahuilla—cah oo eél ya. 
Juan Bautista—hwan bah oo téestah. | Querétaro—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 w like “00” in foot. Mokel- 
umne is often mispronounced Mac 4l 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 sém i te). 
