Speaking of names in CA, there’s a city called Coalinga that has been mis-pronounced by everyone for decades. The normal pronunciation is Ko-a Ling-a, but it should be Kol-ing Ay. It’s an old railroad facility that used to be called Coaling Station A - trains went there to get coal and water.
So do I, because I haven’t the faintest idea what a “flattish” ‘A’ might be (or a “broad” one, for that matter).
German, too. (They spell it Moskau.)
Which one? 
Eizer, I sink.