| Story | Term = Pronunciation |
| Kashmir Holiday | Almora = Al as in alloy, more, uh |
| Kashmir Holiday | Amritsar = Am as in alms, ritz, ur as in urge |
| Dinosaur Bone | Bara Simla = Bar as in burn, uh, sim as in simple, luh |
| Dinosaur Bone | Chhota Simla = Cho as in show, tuh, simla as above |
| To India | Bombay = Bomb bay |
| To India | burka = bur - boor, kah |
| Near Tibet | Calcutta = kal rhymes with gal, cut, uh |
| Kashmir Fairy Land | chinar = chin, r |
| Snakes | cobra = ko, o as in oh, bra as in brush |
| Story | Term = Pronunciation |
| Kashmir Fairy Land | Dal = doll with a slight touch to the o |
| Near Tibet | Darjeeling = Dar as in darn, gee, ling as in fling |
| Kashmir Holiday | Dehra Dun = dehr like dare, uh, doon |
| Camping | Deosari = de - day, long o, sar rhymes bar, ee |
| Mahatma Gandhi | dhoti = dho as in doe, tee |
| Christmas | dias = dee, uz as in buzz |
| At Sea | Durban = Dur ghymes with her, ban like bun |
| Golconda Fort | Golconda = Gol like Gaul, kon (a con artist), duh |
| Story | Term = Pronunciation |
| Mahatma Gandhi | Harijans = Har as in her, i - long e, juns like huns |
| Rhine | Heidelburg = Heidel - idle with an h, burg as in iceburg |
| Kashmir Holiday | Himalayas = Him, ul, lay - yaz |
| To India | Hyderabad = High, der rhymes with her, uh, bad (bad boy) |
| Birthday Elephant | Iniut = In, eye, ut |
| Kashmire - a Fairy Land | Jabalpur = Jub rhymes with tub, ul, poor |
| Jagdalpur Jungles | Jagdalpur = Jag - jug, dal - dull, poor |
| Kashmir Holiday | Jammu = Jum as in jump, moo |
| Story | Term = Pronunciation |
| Near Tibet | Kachenjunga = cutch like clutch, un as in under, jung as in hung, guh |
| Scary? | Katni = cut, knee |
| Kashmir - a Fairy Land | Kashmir = cash, mere |
| Lost | Kew = like the letter q |
| Game Preserve | Kanha Kishli = con, uh, kish rhymes with fish. lee |
| Kashmir Holiday | Kin Craig = Kin (cousin), kreg as in beg |
| Rhine | Kohn = once called Cologne. rhymes with bone |
| Snakes | Krait = as if spelled kright rhymes with night |
| At Sea | Krakatau = crack, uh, tau rhymes with bough |
| School Party | Landour = land, our as in hour |
| Story | Term = Pronunciation |
| Barbara Tells | Madan Mahal = mud, un as in uneven, mu as in much, hull |
| Rhine | Mannheim = mei - my, ring, en asn in end |
| Hindu Festival | mela = may, luh |
| Rhine | Meringen = mei - my, ring, en as in end |
| At Sea | Mombassa = mom (mother), bass as in brass, uh |
| Easter | Mussoorie = Mus oor, ee |
| Hindu Festival | Nerbudda = Ner rhymes with pear, bud like mud, dah |
| Birthday Elephant | Nagpur = Nag as in jag, poor |
| Story | Term = Pronunciation |
| Scary? | octroi = ock as in lock, troi - ancient city Troy |
| In Tents | Palgham = Pal (close friend), gham -am like Tom |
| Jagdalpur Jungles | Raipur = rye, poor |
| Jagdalpur Jungles | Raja = Ra (rah, rah, rah), jah as in jaw |
| Kashmir Fairy Land | Rawalpindi = Rawl rhymes with ball, pin, dee |
| Kashmir Holiday | Rewa = Ree, wah |
| Story | Term = Pronunciation |
| Birthday Elephant | Selma = sell, mah |
| Mahatma Gandhi | Sevagram = sev - save, uh, gram rhymes with Tom |
| Kashmir Holiday | Shalimar = Shall, i as in it, mar (to mar something) |
| Kashmir Fairy Land | shikara = shi as in shift, car, uh |
| Kashmir Fairy Land | Sikh = sick |
| Kashmir Fairy Land | Srinagar = Sri rhymes with tree, nug - as in nugget, er |
| Hiking & Camping | Teri = Ter rhymes with hear, ee |
| Hindu Festival | Tiwarighat = Ti as in tip, wari rhymes with sari, got |
| At Sea | Trinidad = Trin as in trinket, nuh as in huh, dad |
| Birthday Elephant | Yusufji = you, suf as in sufficient, gee |
| Easter | Zaheerabad = Zah -zuh u as in huh?, hear, uh, bad |
| Story | Term = Pronunciation |
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