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==Correct usage==
 
==Correct usage==
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All the major style guides advise the writer to select a widely available reference work and to follow the spellings given in this work. Now that Unicode is standard, dictionary spellings can be reproduced exactly. Older guidance that suggests dropping off technically difficult diacritics can be disregarded. ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' recommends ''The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary'', while the Associated Press recommends ''Webster’s New World College Dictionary''. Better known names, for example "Istanbul" or "Zurich," are often spelled without diacritics in English even though the official spelling in the local language includes them. Lesser known names are generally spelled in the manner of the original language. Diacritics are not normally used for sports figures or for Vietnamese names. These are just rules of thumb, and each case should be checked separately in an appropriate reference work.
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All the major style guides advise the writer to select a widely available reference work and to follow the spellings given in this work. Now that Unicode is standard, dictionary spellings can be reproduced exactly. Older guidance that suggests dropping off technically difficult diacritics can be disregarded. ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' recommends ''The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary'', while the Associated Press recommends ''Webster’s New World College Dictionary''. Better known names, for example "Istanbul" or "Zurich," are often spelled without diacritics in English even though diacritics are part of the local language spelling. Lesser known names are generally spelled in the manner of the original language. Diacritics are not normally used for sports figures or for Vietnamese names. These are just rules of thumb, and each case should be checked separately in an appropriate reference work.
    
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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! Columbia<ref name=Columbia>[http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/ Columbia Encyclopedia]</ref>
 
! Columbia<ref name=Columbia>[http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/ Columbia Encyclopedia]</ref>
 
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Be•neš''', Edvard
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Be·neš''', Edvard
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Be•neš, Eduard'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Be·neš, Eduard'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Beneš, Edvard'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Beneš, Edvard'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Beneš, Edvard'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Beneš, Edvard'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Eduard Beneš'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Eduard Beneš'''
 
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Koś•ciusz•ko''', Tadeusz Andrzei Bonawentura
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Koś·ciusz·ko''', Tadeusz Andrzei Bonawentura
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Kos•ci•uśz•ko''' or '''Kos•ci•us•ko, Thaddeus'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Kos·ci·uśz·ko''' or '''Kos·ci·us·ko, Thaddeus'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Kosciusko, Thaddeus'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Kosciusko, Thaddeus'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Kosciusko''', Thaddeus
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Kosciusko''', Thaddeus
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Thaddeus Kosciusko'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Thaddeus Kosciusko'''
 
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|-
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Mit•ter•rand''', François (-Maurice)  
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Mit·ter·rand''', François (-Maurice)  
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Mit•ter•rand, François Maurice'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Mit·ter·rand, François Maurice'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Mitterrand, François'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Mitterrand, François'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Mitterrand, François (Maurice)'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Mitterrand, François (Maurice)'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''François Maurice Mitterrand'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''François Maurice Mitterrand'''
 
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|-
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Tō•jō''' Hideki
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Tō·jō''' Hideki
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''To•jo, Hideki'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''To·jo, Hideki'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Tojo, Hideki'''  
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Tojo, Hideki'''  
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;" |'''Tojo, Hideki'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;" |'''Tojo, Hideki'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Tōjō Hideki'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Tōjō Hideki'''
 
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|-
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |N/A
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Vö·rös·marty''', Mihály<ref>This name is not given in the ''Collegiate'', but only in ''Merriam-Webster Biographical Dictionary''.</ref>
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;" |N/A
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;" |N/A
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |N/A
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |N/A
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Mihály Vörösmarty'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Mihály Vörösmarty'''
 
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Wa·łe·sa''' [sic.], Lech
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;" |'''Wa·łę·sa, Lech'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Wałęsa, Lech'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;" |'''Wałęsa''', Lech
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| style="background:#dfffdf;" |'''Wa·łę·sa''', Lech
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Lech Wałęsa'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;" |'''Lech Wałęsa'''
 
|}
 
|}
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! rowspan="2" |Oxford<ref name="Oxford" />
 
! rowspan="2" |Oxford<ref name="Oxford" />
 
! rowspan="2" |Webster’s New World<ref name="WNW" />
 
! rowspan="2" |Webster’s New World<ref name="WNW" />
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! rowspan="2" |Random House<<ref name="Random" />
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! rowspan="2" |Random House<ref name="Random" />
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! colspan= "2" |Encyclopedias
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! colspan="2" |Encyclopedias
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! colspan="2" |U.S. Board on Geographic Names<ref>[http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names]</ref>
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! colspan="2" |U.S. Board on Geographic Names<ref>[http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names]</ref>
 
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! Britannica<ref name="Britannica" />
 
! Britannica<ref name="Britannica" />
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! Approved
 
! Approved
 
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Is•tan•bul'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Is·tan·bul'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Is•tan•bul'''  
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Is·tan·bul'''  
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Istanbul'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Istanbul'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Istanbul'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Istanbul'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''İstanbul'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''İstanbul'''
 
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Jy•vas•ky•la'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Jy·vas·ky·la'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|N/A
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|N/A
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Jyväskylä'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Jyväskylä'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Jyväskylä'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Jyväskylä'''
 
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Lü•beck'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Lü·beck'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Lü•beck'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Lü·beck'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Lübeck'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Lübeck'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Lü•beck'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Lü·beck'''
 
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''Lü·beck'''
 
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''Lü·beck'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Lübeck'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Lübeck'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Lübeck'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Lübeck'''
 
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Plo•iesti''' ''or'' '''Plo•esti'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Plo·iesti''' ''or'' '''Plo·esti'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Plo•ieş•ti''' or '''Plo•eş•ti'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Plo·ieş·ti''' or '''Plo·eş·ti'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Ploieşti'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Ploieşti'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Plo•ieş•ti''' or '''Plo•eş•ti''''''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Plo·ieş•ti''' or '''Plo·eş·ti''''''
 
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''Plo·eş·ti'''
 
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''Plo·eş·ti'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Ploieşti'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Ploieşti'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Ploiești'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Ploiești'''
 
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|-
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Zu•rich'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Zu·rich'''
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Zu•rich
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| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Zu·rich
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Zurich'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Zurich'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Zurich'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Zurich'''
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|style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Hải Phòng'''
 
|style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Hải Phòng'''
 
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Hue'''
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| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Hue'''<ref>'''Merriam-Webster Geographic Dictionary'' gives "'''Hue''' ''or'' '''Hué'''." The variant has a French (not Vietnamese) diacritic over the ''e''.</ref>
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Hue'''
 
| style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Hue'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Hué'''
 
| style="background:#E0FFFF;"|'''Hué'''
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