How to pronounce Chovan?

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Pronunciation of Chovan in Born in Canton, Ohio, USA; Live in Columbus, Ohio, USA

Chovan is pronounced as

CH OH v ae n

ch sounds like the 'ch' in 'chin'
oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'
v sounds like the 'v' in 'very'
ae sounds like the 'a' in 'at'
n sounds like the 'n' in 'no'


Chovan is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ CH OH v ae n ]

CH OH v ae n
chin so very at no

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Slovak

Additional Information:

This is how my father pronounced the name; it begins with a voiceless palato-alveolar affricate. The Slovak pronunciation begins with a voiceless uvular fricative. Some American relatives dropped the "C" in the spelling and spell it "Hovan"


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