How to pronounce Milwaukee?

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Pronunciation of Milwaukee

Milwaukee is pronounced as

m ih l - w AW - k ee

m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
ih sounds like the 'i' in 'it'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'
w sounds like the 'w' in 'win'
aw sounds like the 'aw' in 'law'
k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'


Milwaukee is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ m ih l - w AW - k ee ]

m ih l - w AW - k ee
me it let   win law   key see

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Pronunciation of Milwaukee in Born in MWAW-key (aka Milwaukee) in 1943.

Milwaukee is pronounced as

M W AW - k ee

m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
w sounds like the 'w' in 'win'
aw sounds like the 'aw' in 'law'
k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'


Milwaukee is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ M W AW - k ee ]

M W AW - k ee
me win law   key see

Type of Name:

Wisconsin city or county name

Language:

Indian (Algonquian, Potawatomi, Ojibwe [Chippewa])

Alternate Spelling(s):

Millioke, Minwaking, Ominowakiing, Milwaukie, Milwaucki, and others

Meaning:

"Good/Beautiful/Pleasant Land" "Gathering place [by the water]"

Additional Information:

Confer the Wikipedia article for Milwaukee.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Milwaukee

Ominomaking


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Pronunciation of Milwaukee in Born in MWAW-key (aka Milwaukee) in 1943.

Except for foreigners (or those originally not from there...), the only acceptable pronunciation for Milwaukee is: MWAU-key (just TWO syllables).

When I first started out as a DJ at MWAU-key radio stations during 1965, I had to train myself to say: Mill-WAU-key for the station-ID breaks. Of course, only those in broadcasting (or foreigners...) would ever pronounce Milwaukee as Mill-WAU-key.

Another thing, only radio announcers would say DOUBLE-you for the 'W' in radio-station call letters. Again, the folk in MWAU-key would naturally say DUB-bah-yah for 'W.'


Type of Name:

Wisconsin city or county name

Language:

Indian (Algonquian, Potawatomi, Ojibwe [Chippewa])

Alternate Spelling(s):

Millioke, Minwaking, Ominowakiing, Milwaukie, Milwaucki, and others

Meaning:

"Good/Beautiful/Pleasant Land" "Gathering place [by the water]"

Additional Information:

Confer the Wikipedia article for Milwaukee.


Comments:

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