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