How to pronounce Colin?

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The American pronunciation of Colin is

kah·lin  

k	sounds like the		'k'	in 'key'
ah	sounds like the		'a'	in 'car'
l	sounds like the		'l'	in 'let'
ih	sounds like the		'i'	in 'it'
n	sounds like the		'n'	in 'no'

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In the UK and Canada, it rhymes with "pollen", but in the US it seems to be "coal-in", as a previous person noted.

In English, the correct pronunciation is "Coll-en", period. American "Coal-in" is a mispronunciation of the name. "Colin" in Colin Powell's name should be pronounced Coll-en because he has Jamaican parents, and this is how its pronounced in Jamaica. In fact America is the only English speaking nation that uses "Coal-in." My name's been Colin for over fifty years, and Americans are the only folks that have ever mispronounced my name.

Colin Powell pronounces it as:
COAL-IN

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Colin is pronounced as

Calin

Colin is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ Calin ]

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