How to pronounce Thoreau?

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Pronunciation of Thoreau

tho-reau
'th' is pronounced as 'th' in 'thin'
tho - 'th' is pronounced as 'th' in 'thin' and rhymes with duh
reau - pronounced as the english word "row"


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Pronunciation of Thoreau

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Thoreau is pronounced as

th er OH

th sounds like the 'th' in 'thin'
er sounds like the 'ur' in 'hurt'
oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'


Thoreau is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ th er OH ]

th er OH
thin hurt so

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Pronunciation of Thoreau in Concord, MA

Thoreau is pronounced as

th O r e a u

th sounds like the 'th' in 'thin'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'


Thoreau is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ th O r e a u ]

th r
thin rat

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Henry David Thoreau

Additional Information:

Thoreau and those that knew him pronounced his name as ThO-reau and sometimes even spelled it "Thorow" "Thoro" or "Thorough"*

*"On Pronouncing the name Thoreau", The Quotable Thoreau, ED. Jeffrey S. Cramer.


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Pronunciation of Thoreau in Concord, MA

THO-rough


Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Henry David Thoreau

Additional Information:

Thoreau and those that knew him pronounced his name as ThO-reau and sometimes even spelled it "Thorow" "Thoro" or "Thorough"*

*"On Pronouncing the name Thoreau", The Quotable Thoreau, ED. Jeffrey S. Cramer.


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Pronunciation of Thoreau

th ro eu


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