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Alois (Latinized Aloysius) is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include Aloïs ( French ), Aloys ( German ), Alois ( Czech ), Alojz ( Slovak , Slovenian , Croatian ), Alojzy ( Polish ), Aloísio ( Portuguese , Spanish , Italian ), Alajos ( Hungarian ), and Aloyzas ( Lithuanian ).
Aloysius Ambrozic (1930–2011), Roman Catholic cardinal; Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French Romantic poet, playwright, and journalist; Aloysius Foster (born 1943), American jazz drummer; Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), Italian aristocrat and saint; Aloysius John Jordan (1906–1957), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use. This can only be achieved by giving up scope and freedom from occasional ambiguity.
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The following is the chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the International Phonetic Association. It is not a complete list of all possible speech sounds in the world's languages, only those about which stand-alone articles exist in this encyclopedia.
Aloysius is a male given name.. Aloysius may also refer to: . Aloysius (song), song by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins Aloysius (teddy bear), the Lord Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, published in 1945
[1] The following tables present pulmonic and non-pulmonic consonants. In the IPA, a pulmonic consonant is a consonant made by obstructing the glottis (the space between the vocal cords) or oral cavity (the mouth) and either simultaneously or subsequently letting out air from the lungs. Pulmonic consonants make up the majority of consonants in ...
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (abbreviated AHD) uses a phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet to transcribe the pronunciation of spoken English. It and similar respelling systems, such as those used by the Merriam-Webster and Random House dictionaries, are familiar to US schoolchildren.