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How Do You Pronounce "Qatar"?


Posted Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 6:18 PM ET

Gen. Tommy Franks is running Gulf War II from Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar, a tiny Persian emirate. So how do you pronounce the name of the country? In December, Explainer provided a syllable-by-syllable guide. (Hint: It more or less rhymes with "butter.")

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