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The correct pronunciations listed below are the ones locals use. The asterisks (*) indicate island names commonly mispronounced by tourists.

 

Island		Correct pronunciation
* Anguilla		ahn-gweel-ah
* Antigua		ahn-tee-gah
Barbados		bahr-bay-dohs
* Barbuda		bah-boo-dah
Dominica		dohm-uh-nee-kuh
Grenada		gruh-nay-dah
Grenadines		greh-nah-deens
* Guadeloupe		gwohd-ell-oop
Martinique		mahr-tih-neek
Montserrat		mohnt-suh-raht
* Nevis		nee-vihs
* Saba		say-bah
St Barts		bahrts
St Eustatius		you-stay-shush
St Kitts		kitz
* St Lucia		loo-shuh
St Maarten		mahr-tihn
St Martin		mahr-tihn
Tobago		tuh-bay-go
Trinidad		trinh-eh-dahd

 

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