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Pronunciation Key
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Animagi = Ani-MAGE-eye Animagus = Ani-MAGE-us Aragog = AIR-a-gog Azkaban = AZ-ka-ban
Animagi = Ani-MAGE-eye
Animagus = Ani-MAGE-us
Aragog = AIR-a-gog
Azkaban = AZ-ka-ban
basilisk = BAS-il-isk
Beauxbatons = BO- ba-tons (silent x)
bogies = BOW-gees (hard g)
Cornelius = cor-NEEL-ee-us
crocheted = crow-SHAYED
Daedalus Diggle = DEED-a-lus DIG-gle
Dobby = DAUB-ee
Draco Malfoy = DRAY-co MAL-foy
en suite = ON sweet
Erised = AIR-i-sed
Errol = AIR-il
Eyelops = Eye-lops
Firenze = Fear-EN-zee
gateau = ga - TOE
Ginny = JIN-nee (shortened name of Virginia)
gnomes = nomes
Gryffindor = GRIFF-in-door
Hagrid = HAG-rid
Hermes = HER mees
Hermione = Her-MY-on-nee
knuts = nuts (British) or K'noots (American)
Lucius Malfoy = LOO-cius or LOO-shus MAL-foy
McGonagall = ma-GONE-a-gull
Madam Malkin = Madam MAL-kin
mauve = Mowve (same purple color)
Majorca = Ma-YORK-a (Spanish resort)
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Mirror of Erised = Mirror of AIR-i-sed
Muggles = MUG-els
Neville = NEV-ill
Oy! or Oi! = OI! as in BOY! (means Hey You!)
Patronus = Pa-TRONE-us
pasty = PAST-ee (short "a" like in FAST)
Penelope = pe-NEL-o-pea
Pomfrey = POM-free
Privet Drive = PRi-vet (short "i" like in TRIVET)
Quidditch = KWID-itch
Rubeus = Roo-BAY-us
row = rao rhymes with "cow"
Seamus Finnigan = SHAY-mus FIN-i-gan
Scabbers = SCAB-ers (short a sound)
Sirius Black = SEAR-ee-ous Black
Slytherin = SLiTH-er-in (short i sound)
traipsed = TRAYpst
Voldemort = VOLE-de-more (silent T at the end) [Morte = French for death]
Whinging = WIN-jing
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