Some Australian place names are difficult to comprehend their pronunciation

How would you pronounce Muchea?
Mandjoogoordap?
Toodyay?
Nowangerup?
Cockburn?

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Gusman · 61-69, M

Muchea is pronounced Moo - shay
Mandjoogoordap - Man - jew - gooer - dap
Toodyay - Too - jay
Nowangerup - No - an - ger - up
Cockburn - Coh - burn

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@Gusman Then we have Nar nar goon and Kooweerup (Pronounced Nar-nar-goon. and Koo-wee-rup..)😷

KiwiBird · 36-40, F

@Gusman One local name here Pygery usually gets pronounced as piggery...but it's correct pronunciation is pie-gery

Another local name that people find hard to pronounce is Nunjikompita. Easy when you learn that the locals just shorten it to Nunji