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Hill Country Pronunciation Guide

In our quest to facilitate communication, and to help visitors and newer folks speak like locals, here is our comprehensive guide to pronouncing Hill County specific words that newcomers might find to be spoken differently locally than the spelling suggests. This guide provides the vernacular.

If you would like to suggest additional words or alternative pronunciations, we would love to hear from you.

The apostrophe indicates emphasis on that part of the sound.

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QUICK INDEX TO CATEGORIES FOR PRONUNCIATION
IN THE HILL COUNTRY

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CITIES & COUNTIES
RIVERS & CREEKS
OTHER PLACES & FEATURES
GERMAN WORDS IN THE HILL COUNTRY
WINE RELATED THE HILL COUNTRY
PLACES NEARBY THE HILL COUNTRY

CITIES & COUNTIES IN THE HILL COUNTRY

Anhalt: ann'-halt
Austin: aws'-tin
Bandera: ban-dare'-ah
Bergheim: berg'-hime
Bertram: ber'-trim
Bexar: bear
Blanco: blank'-oh, like a "plank"
Boerne: burn'-ee
Buchanan: Common
"buch-ann-in", rhymes with "buck" deer, with the "k" not emphasized
"buh-canan"
Buda: boo'-dah, like the priest
Bulverde: bull-ver-dee
Burnet: Learn-It, Dern-It, Burn-It
Camp Verde: camp ver'-deh
Castell: cass-tell
Comal: co-mall or co-mel
Concan: con-can
Doss: like "toss"
Fischer: fish'-er
Fitzhugh: fitz-hue
Fredericksburg: fred'-ricks-burg
Hye: like "hi y'all"
Ingram: ing'-grim
Gillespie: gill'-es-pee
Gruene: green
Kendalia: ken-dale'-ya
Kendall: ken'-dull
Kingsland: "KINGS-land"
Krause: Krauw-se
Kyle: ki'-ul
Lago Vista: lah'-go vis-tah
Lampasas: lam'-pass-us
Leakey: lake'-e
Leander: lee'-ann-der
Llano: lan'-oh
Lometa: low-Meet-ah
Luckenbach: luke'-in-bawk
McCulloch: mi-cull'-ock
Median: ma-dean'-ah
Menard: men'-ard
Montell: mon'-tell
New Braunfels: new braun-fells
Oakalla: Oak Alley
Pontotoc: panny'-e-talk
Real: ree'-al
Rio Frio: ree'-Oh free'-oh
Startz: starts
Tarpley: tar'-play
Tow: like "cow"
Utopia: you-tope'-ee-ah, like rope
Uvalde: you-val'-dee
Volente: vo'-len-teh
Waring: war'-ing

RIVERS & CREEKS

Blanco: blank'-oh, like a "plank"
Cibolo: sib'-oh-low
Cowan: cow'-ann
Guadalupe: gwad'-a-loop-eh
Nueces: new'-aces-ez
Pedernales: purd'-a-nal-es or perd-in-alice
Rio Frio: ree'-oh free'-oh
Sabinal: Sab'-inn-all
San Gabriel: san ga'-bre-uhl

OTHER PLACES & FEATURES OF THE HILL COUNTRY & NEARBY

Aqua: aw'-qua
Badu: bah'-due
Balcones: bal'-cone-eze
Cailloux: kye-you', kye rhymes with bye and pie
Caqh:
Cheatham: cheat'-'em
Chisholmchiz'-um
Comanche: co'-man-chee
Copperas CoveCop'-paress
Cordillera: cor-dah-rill-ah
Croghan: crow'-gan
Escondido: es-con'-dee'-doe
Gloster: glou'-ster
Grelle: grell
Inge: inj
Kiolbassa: key'-bassa
Landa: lan'-dah
Mabry: may'-Bree
Mckavett: mah'-kav-ette
Odeon: ode'-e-on
Pecan: pah'-caan
Presidio: pra'-cid-e-oh
Riata: reeh-ah-tah
Schreiner: schrine'-er
Selah: sell'-ah
Starcke: stark
Steiner: stein'-er
Tapatio: tah'-pha-tee-o
Tejas: teh'-haz
Zocalo: zo'-col-o

GERMAN WORDS IN THE HILL COUNTRY

Bier Garten: beer gar'-ten (beer garden)
Der: dare (the)
Die: dee (the)
Halle: Haal-ae (hall)
Hauptstrasse: haup'-stra'-sah (the main road)
Haus: hauz (house)
Kinder: kin'-der (children)
Schuhe: shoe (shoe)
Kuchen: koo'-ken (cake)
Kunstler: koons'-ler (artist)
Marktplatz: mark'-platz (market place)
Rathskeller: raat'-ske-ler (basement tavern or restaurant)
Saenger: zang-er (singer)
Strasse: stra'-sah (street, road)
Tannenbaum: tan'-en-baum (Christmas tree)
Verein: fair-eye-n or fir-eye-n (all together)
Vereins Kirche: ver'-ins kirsh (meeting place)
Weihnachten: vi'-nacht-en (Christmas)
Wein: vine (wine)
Wurstfest: wurst'-fest (sausage festival)
Brief Common Expressions: Video

WINE RELATED THE HILL COUNTRY

Alamosa: al'-ah-mo-sah
Chisholm: chiz'-olm
Duchman: duke'-mann
Texas Legato: texas Lah'-gat-oh
Messina Hof: mes'-seen-a hoff
Mendelbaum: men'-del-baum
Oberhellmann: ober-hell-mann
Oberhof: ober'-hoff
Perissos: pear'-ah-sus
Ponte: pon'-tee
Rancho Ponte: raanch'-o
Santamaria: san'-ta-mah-rhee-a
Solaro: so'-lare-oh
Torre Di Pietra: tor'-ay dee pee'-tra

PLACES NEARBY THE HILL COUNTRY

Bexar County: bear
Elgin: L'-ghin
Goldthwaite: golth'-wait
Helotes: hel'-oh-tis
Manchaca: man-check (SW Austin)
Manor: may'-ner
Quihi: quee' hee
Refugio: Ree-fury'-oh
Salado: sah-lay'-doh
Seguin: sah-gean'

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