Cro-Magnon man
Not like "Croma-non"Prima donna
Not like "pri-madonna"A cappella
Not like "aka-pella"New Zealand
Not like "Newzea land"Kuala Lumpur
Not like "Kualalum pool"Tri-colore
Not like "trico-roll"Ka-mehameha
From Hawaiian ka ("the", definite article) + mehameha ("lonely, solitary, silent"), not like "kame-hameha"Helico-pter
Adapted from the French coined word "hélicoptère" = hélico- ("helix, spiral") + the Greek pteron ("wing")Kilima-njaro
Though the exact etymology is not clear, it is basically considered as kilima + njaro, not like kiriman + jaro.Tri-ceratops
More like "Tri-cerat-ops", from the Greek trí- ("three"), kéras ("horn"), and ṓps ("face"). Not like "Tricera-tops"
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