How to pronounce Thoreau?

tho-reau
'th' is pronounced as 'th' in 'thin'
tho - 'th' is pronounced as 'th' in 'thin' and rhymes with duh
reau - pronounced as the english word "row"

Thoreau is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ th er OH ]

th	er	OH
the	hurt	so

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Thoreau is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ th O r e a u ]

th	r
the	rat

Last Name

Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau and those that knew him pronounced his name as ThO-reau and sometimes even spelled it "Thorow" "Thoro" or "Thorough"*

*"On Pronouncing the name Thoreau", The Quotable Thoreau, ED. Jeffrey S. Cramer.

THO-rough

Last Name

Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau and those that knew him pronounced his name as ThO-reau and sometimes even spelled it "Thorow" "Thoro" or "Thorough"*

*"On Pronouncing the name Thoreau", The Quotable Thoreau, ED. Jeffrey S. Cramer.

th ro eu