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Dios

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A Spanish word meaning “God,” here part of a place-name in the poem.

Detailed Definition
"Dios" appears in the Spanish name Nombre Dios Bay, which the poem uses to evoke Drake’s overseas adventures. The word itself is common in Spanish but not in everyday English reading, so it may need identification.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Slung atween the round shot in Nombre Dios Bay” (Kipling, “The Liner She’s a Lady”); “Nombre de Dios” (Spanish colonial port reference); “The bay remembers galleons and guns” (historical-setting example); “Past Dios Bay sailed treasure ships westward” (place-name in maritime verse)
Additional Notes
The evidence shows "Dios" inside a Spanish place-name, and many readers will not know it without looking it up.; Found in the poem, Drake's Drum by Henry Newbolt
Also Known As
gods deities divine beings
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