lon.
Americanabbreviation
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The most common English pronunciation is lon- zhuh-RAY, but American dictionaries also accept LON- zhuh-ree and lan-zhuh-REE.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
“You could see your neighbor very dimly. Those ten seconds were the lon- gest ten seconds that I ever experienced.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
The fyrste is / that he haue per- fyte knowlege of all suche thynges as lon- geth to warre.
From The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke by Cox, Leonard, ca. 1495-
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