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The Uncommon World/Queens of Steel and Starlight is a series of standalone novels inspired by 13th century history and a love for stories by Kristin Cashore, Sabaa Tahir, Leigh Bardugo, JRR Tolkien, George RR Martin, and Tamora Pierce.

Pronunciation Guide for
the Uncommon World series
Kinneret Raza—said pretty much how you’d guess—kin-ner-reht rah-zah
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Calev ben Y’hoshua—cah-lev ben yho-shoo-ah
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Avigail—a-vee-gale
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Oron—or-on
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kaptan—same as “captain”
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oramiral—or-ah-meer-all
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tatlilav—tat-lee-lav
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amir—ah-meer
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Mamluk—mahm-luck
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Ayarazi—eye-ah-rah-zee
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Asag—ah-zahguh
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Seren—sair-en
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Meric—mair-ric
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Meekra—meek-rah
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Serhat—sir-hat
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Ekrem—ehk-rehm
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Jakobden—jake-ub-den
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Akhmim—ah-k-mim
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Ahkayma—ah-k-eye-muh
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sigil—both “i”s are short like in “sit”
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Ona—oh-nah
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Lucca—luke-ah
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Silvania—sil-vain-nia
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Radi—rah-dee
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Samira—sah-meer-ah
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kyros—kai-rohs
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