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silent '''u''' in '''Guinea'''; | silent '''u''' in '''Guinea'''; rhyming with '''hòw''': '''Guínea Bíssàù''' | ||
''chimney'' '''flûe''' = ''illness'' '''flû | ''chimney'' '''flûe''' = ''illness'' '''flû |
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in U. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case U) and continuing backwards through it.
The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.[e]
*táblô tábleau
*byoôrô bûreau
*troôssô troûsseau
*pláttô pláteau
Nássåu
silent u in Guinea; rhyming with hòw: Guínea Bíssàù
chimney flûe = illness flû
*êemyoô êmû
*noô, although perhaps more famous as 'gənû' in the Flanders and Swann song: gnû
cáriboû
gùrû