How to pronounce Cobh? (RECOMMENDED)

How to pronounce Cobh?
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Pronunciation of Cobh in Cork, Ireland

Cobh is pronounced as

k OH v

k	sounds like the	'k'	in 'key'
oh	sounds like the	'o'	in 'so'
v	sounds like the	'v'	in 'very'

Cobh is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ k OH v ]

k	OH	v
key	so	very

Type of Name:

Name of Town

Language:

Irish

Alternate Spelling(s):

Cóbh

Comments:

Pronunciation of Cobh in Cork, Ireland

Cobh is pronounced as

Kove

Cobh is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ Kove ]

Type of Name:

Town in Cork harbour, south Ireland coast

Language:

Iriish: early 20th-century spelling of 'Cove'

Meaning:

Not the dictionary Irish for a cove, so is a contrived spelling using 'bh' for 'v' as early 20thC Irish did not have letter 'v'

Additional Information:

This town was originally the Cove of Cork, then renamed Queenstown when Victoria visited it, and then reverted to Cove but with a made-up Irish spelling of the English word.

Comments:

Pronunciation of Cobh in Cork, Ireland

Cove
Co as in Comb
-ove as in drove

Cove :)

-bh makes a "v" sound in Irish, where the name came from.

Type of Name:

Name of Town

Language:

Irish

Alternate Spelling(s):

Cóbh

Comments:

Pronunciation of Cobh in Cork, Ireland

Cove

Type of Name:

Town in Cork harbour, south Ireland coast

Language:

Iriish: early 20th-century spelling of 'Cove'

Meaning:

Not the dictionary Irish for a cove, so is a contrived spelling using 'bh' for 'v' as early 20thC Irish did not have letter 'v'

Additional Information:

This town was originally the Cove of Cork, then renamed Queenstown when Victoria visited it, and then reverted to Cove but with a made-up Irish spelling of the English word.

Comments:

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