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

 

Island		Correct pronunciation
Aruba		ah-roo-bah
Belize		buh-leez
Bahamas		buh-hah-mahz
* Bonaire		boh-nair
Cancun		can-kune
Cayman Islands		kay-man
Cozumel		koh-sue-mehl
Cuba		kyoo-bah
* Curacao		cuhr-ah-soh
Dominican Republic		duh-mihn-eh-kun
Haiti		hay-tee
Honduras		hohn-duhr-uhs
Jamaica		juh-may-kuh
Puerto Rico		pwehr-toh ree-koh
* Turks / Caicos		turks / kay-kos

 

 

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