This is a difficult e-mail to respond to, I know. Will be traveling thru "Ljubljana" on way to Venice from Budapest. It would be nice to be able to pronounce the capital city correctly! English phonetics would be helpful. I don't mean to offend anyone from this part of the world, but I really don't know how to pronounce this.<BR><BR>Signed,<BR><BR>Language Challenged American Tourist

Lee-oo-blee-ana, of course!!!

We pronounce it Loo Blee ya na

Stayed with friends there for a week in 1990 and the locals all pronounced it to us very close to what the person above wrote:<BR><BR>Lou blee yan ah

From a quote in Fodor's Europe Guide, "The capital of the republic of Slovenia is on occasion referred to as "Ljubljana the beloved," a play on words: Ljubljena means "beloved"; change one letter, and you have the name Ljubljana." <BR> <BR>But I haven't felt condident pronouncing it until now, so thank-you very much, posters! I'm spending a week in June in Slovenia with a small group tour (www.adventurecenter.com), hiking and sightseeing, then followed with a couple days in Vienna on my own. <BR> <BR>I'm also presently interested in the trip Rex is contemplating for Italy in October so we will see how that progresses.

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The right pronunciation is LAIBACH