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Gqeberha, the city's official name since 23 February 2021, is a Xhosa word for the Baakens river, which flows through the city. [24] [25]In 1820, the rising seaport of Algoa Bay was named "Port Elizabeth" in memory of Elizabeth Frances (née Markham), the wife of Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, acting Governor of the Cape Colony. [26]
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For example, you may pronounce cot and caught the same, do and dew, or marry and merry. This often happens because of dialect variation (see our articles English phonology and International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects). If this is the case, you will pronounce those symbols the same for other words as well. [1]
El Ain (Arabic: العين), Al Ain, or Ain is a village at an elevation of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. It is famous for agriculture and trade, located on the highway connecting Syrian borders and the Hermel area with Chtaura and Beirut.
Locals pronounce the first syllable like the male name "Al," which is the opposite of the New York equivalent. Castlemaine, Victoria : pronounced / ˈ k æ s əl m eɪ n / KASS -əl-mayn by the locals and / ˈ k ɑː s əl m eɪ n / KAH -səl-mayn by those Australians who have a more extensive trap-bath split (see Variation in Australian English ).
El Ain, also written Al Ain and Al Ayn, is a transliteration of Arabic: ٱلْعَيْن, al-ʿayn and may refer to: Al Ain, a city in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Al Ain Region; Al Ain Oasis; Al Ain FC, a football club; Al-Ayn, Oman, an archaeological site in Oman; El Ain, Tunisia, a town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia