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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

miguel

/mɪˈɡɛl/

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What does miguel mean?

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Portuguese and Spanish.
  2. A middle name from the same sources as the given name.

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IPA pronunciation

/mɪˈɡɛl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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The elder was more crafty; he asked Miguel Ramas whether there would be “plenty more girls like that a Salt Lake, maybee?”
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
Making a night attack upon the Spanish gun-boats, his barge was attacked by an armed launch, under their commander, D. Miguel Tregoyen, carrying 26 men.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
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Was it not so, O Don Miguel! thou Chilian whale, marked like an old tortoise with mystic hieroglyphics upon the back!
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
Poor Miguel, the Portuguese, suffered horribly from these pests, his ankles and wrists being so much inflamed that he was confined to his hammock, slung in the hold, for weeks.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440