Have you ever wondered how to pronounce places in Virginia like Fauquier, Haysi, Wytheville, and Iaeger? Here are the answers from VirginiaLiving.com. Also, in Virginia ‘ville’ is usually pronounced vul as in Farmvul and Danvul.
Accomac (town) Accomack (county) (ACK’-ah-MACK’)
Amissville (AY’-miss-vill)
Aquia Harbor (ah-KWYE’-ah)
Ararat (AYR’-ah-rat)
Basye (BAY’-see)
Botetourt (BAHT’-uh-tott)
Buchanan County (buck-ANN’-un)
Buena Vista (BYOO’-nah VISS’-tah)
Crozet (kroh-ZAY’)
Fauquier (faw-KEER’)
Fluvanna (floo-VANN’-ah)
Ft. Belvoir (BELL’-vwar)
Ft. Eustis (YOOS’-tiss)
Galax (GAY’-lax)
Giles (JYLES) County
Gloucester (GLOSS’-ter)
Gore (gohr)
Goshen (GOH’-shen)
Grottoes (GRAH’-tohs)
Haysi (hay-SYE’)
Iaeger (YAY’-ger)
Jarratt (JAYR’-att)
Kilmarnock (kill-MARR’-nock)
Louisa (loh-WEE’-sah)
Luray (loo-ray)
McGaheysville (mick-GACK’-ees-vill)
Moneta (moh-NEE’-tah)
Nottoway (NAH’-toh-way)
Occoquan (AH’-koh-kwahn).
Onancock (oh-NANN’-kock)
Powhatan (POW’-hah-tan)
Pulaski (pyoo-LASS’-kee)
Sussex (SUSS’-ex)
Saluda (sah-LOO’-dah)
Smyth (smith)
Swoope (swohp) or (swope)
Staunton (STANN’-tun)
Tappahannock (TAPP’-ah-HANN’-ock)
Tazewell (TAZZ’-well)
Toano (toh-ANN’-oh)
Wythe (with)
Wytheville (WITH-vill)
1 comment
This was very helpful, seeing how I’m a “recovering” yankee.
Thank you.
I’ll look forward to further tutorials.😊