Probably a more accurate transliteration, since the 'c' gets pronounced as soft in English (at least, every time I've heard it: "Mass-ə-doh-nee-ah"), whereas th

Probably a more accurate transliteration, since the 'c' gets pronounced as soft in English (at least, every time I've heard it: "Mass-ə-doh-nee-ah"), whereas the kappa indicates it should be a hard 'c'.