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How to pronounce Haiti How to pronounce Haiti?

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Pronunciation of Haiti

Here is how Haiti is pronounced

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H AI - t ee
  • h sounds like the 'h' in hat
  • ai sounds like the 'ai' in pain
  • t sounds like the 't' in to
  • ee sounds like the 'ee' in see


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Pronunciation of Haiti in Australia

The Australian pronunciation of Haiti is

haa EE tee
  • ee sounds like the 'ee' in see

"It is appropriate in deference to its native people to pronounce the name the way they pronounce it themselves. The correct spelling includes the diaerisis as in ‘naïve’."

Type of Name: Name Of Country
Origin: French
Other spelling(s): Haïti


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Pronunciation of Haiti in Colombia

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Pronunciation of Haiti in Haiti

The pronunciation of Haiti is

ay EE tee
  • ay sounds like the 'ie' in tie
  • ee sounds like the 'ee' in see

"David Geggus, "The Naming of Haiti," NWIG: New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 71, no. 1 & 2 (1997): 43–68."

Type of Name: Country
Origin: Taino
Other spelling(s): Ayiti, Haïti
Meaning: Rugged Mountains


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Pronunciation of Haiti

Here is how Haiti is pronounced

Haiti - is a Creole and French speaking Caribbean nation


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Pronunciation of Haiti in Australia

The Australian pronunciation of Haiti is

It is pronounced and spelt correctly as Haïti in the same way as naïve. In the French pronunciation the ‘h’ is of course silent. There is a regrettable and widespread Anglo-Saxon/American tendency to ignore the way a word is pronounced in its native tongue.

"It is appropriate in deference to its native people to pronounce the name the way they pronounce it themselves. The correct spelling includes the diaerisis as in ‘naïve’."

Type of Name: Name Of Country
Origin: French
Other spelling(s): Haïti


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Pronunciation of Haiti

Here is how Haiti is pronounced

eye ee tea


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Pronunciation of Haiti in Haiti

The pronunciation of Haiti is

"eye" EE "tea"

"David Geggus, "The Naming of Haiti," NWIG: New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 71, no. 1 & 2 (1997): 43–68."

Type of Name: Country
Origin: Taino
Other spelling(s): Ayiti, Haïti
Meaning: Rugged Mountains


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What is the correct British pronunciation of the name Greenwich?

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The correct answer is "gren-itch."

In the southeastern corner of London lies Greenwich, a borough famous for marking the Prime Meridian (0° longitude), the imaginary line that separates the eastern and western halves of the world.

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