cairo illinois pronunciation

In American Gods the main character spends some time in Cairo, Illinois, and meets some beings from the other Cairo.... As opposed to Illinois, Mongolia. .... The local Department of Commerce has even set up signs with this pronunciation.


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Cairo, IL Denison Gholson Dry

And Cairo, Illinois, is pronounced KARE-oh, not KIE-roh, as in the capital of Egypt. The lesson here: when in doubt, check. And when not in doubt, think twice. Tips and links on how to find pronunciations coming in future posts.
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Only Cairo, IL is pronounced like the corn syrup: Kayro. Perhaps my all time favorite pronunciation oddity I learned about in Bill Bryson's Made In America. According to him and that book, Greenwich Village was originally...
cairo illinois pronunciation