Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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Antioch

UK /ˈæntɪˌɒk/ · US /ˈæntiˌɑk/ proper noun

Forms Antioche

  1. proper noun (chiefly historical) Ancient name of Antakya: a city in southeastern Turkey, formerly the capital of the ancient Seleucid Empire and the Crusader Principality of Antioch and a major port of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
  2. proper noun Former name of Tarsus: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  3. proper noun Former name of Adana: a city in southern Turkey.
  4. proper noun Former name of Nusaybin: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  5. proper noun Former name of Samsat: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  6. proper noun Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
  7. proper noun Former name of Urfa: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  8. proper noun Former name of Acre: a city and port in Israel.

Synonyms

Antioch on the Orontes Syrian Antioch Antiochia Antiokheia Tarsus Adana Cilician Antioch Antioch on the Sarus Samosata Edessa Ptolemais Antiochia Ptolemais Laodicea Merv Gadara Nisibis Phrygian Antioch Antioch in Phrygia Antioch Caesarea Pisidian Antioch Antakya Antakiya

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Antioche, from Old French Antioche, from Latin Antiochīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀντιόχεια (Antiókheia), from Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), originally from the father of Seleucus I Nicator, the general of Alexander the Great who founded the Seleucid Empire. The name was then borne by other Seleucid emperors, who named various cities after themselves. Later cities in the United States, etc., were subsequently named for the earlier ones, particularly the Syrian Antioch which was an important center of early Christianity. Compare Alexandria, Laodicea, Apamea, Ptolemais, and Seleucia.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “Antioch”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details