How to pronounce Ogallala?

o-gah-LA-la

"o" rhymes with "throw"
"gah" rhymes with "saw"
"LA" rhymes with "saw
"la rhymes with "saw"

Name of a City, Name of a People

Lakota Sioux

Oglala

"To scatter one's own"

The name of the Oglala Sioux (or Oglala Lakota) tribe has been given to the city of Ogallala, Nebraska, and the Ogallala Aquifer.

The Ogallala Aquifer is a body of water that lies under most of Nebraska, and supplies water to most of Nebraska's irrigated land.

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Ogallala is pronounced as

oh - g uh - L AA - l uh

oh	sounds like the		'o'	in 'so'
g	sounds like the		'g'	in 'go'
uh	sounds like the		'u'	in 'up'
l	sounds like the		'l'	in 'let'
aa	sounds like the		'a'	in 'car'

Ogallala is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ oh - g uh - L AA - l uh ]

oh	-	g	uh	-	L	AA	-	l	uh
so		go	up		let	car		let	up