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Old Dec 11, 2002 | 4:29 pm
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Main Entry: Qa·tar
Pronunciation: 'kä-t&r, 'gä-, 'g&-; k&-'tär
Usage: geographical name
country E Arabia on peninsula projecting into Persian Gulf; an independent emirate capital Doha area 4400 square miles (11,395 square kilometers), population 539,000
- Qa·tari /k&-'tär-E, g&-/ adjective or noun

There's a link that makes a nice lady pronounce anything in the online dictionary. She pronounces it "Kotter" as in "Welcome Back Kotter"
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?ggqata01.wav=Qatar

CIA says...
Country name:
conventional long form: State of Qatar
conventional short form: Qatar
local short form: Qatar
note: closest approximation of the native pronunciation falls between cutter and gutter, but not like guitar
local long form: Dawlat Qatar
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