Worcester has been named one of the world's most difficult place names to pronounce.
The city came in second place, just behind Edinburgh, according to data analysis from a pronunciation aid app.
The two British cities ranked as the most challenging place names for internet users in the UK to pronounce.
In London, people found Marylebone, Bicester, and River Thames to be the trickiest.
Globally, the Spanish island of Ibiza took the top spot for the most difficult place name to pronounce, with 102,240 annual searches for help with pronunciation.
Ljubljana in Slovenia, Reykjavik in Iceland, Phuket in Thailand, and Budapest in Hungary also made the top five.
The study identified 103 places across six continents and 66 countries that people struggled to pronounce, all with over 1,000 annual searches for pronunciation help.
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