near-beer

n. beer with less than 1/2 percent alcohol content. (Originally from the Prohibition era.) You can drink a lot of near-beer without getting drunk.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
StanisŁAwa	stah-nee-SWAH-vah	Polish
Bronislava	brah-nee-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian
Melvin	['melvin]
Albin	[æl'bain]
Sid	[sid]
Hannibal	HAN-i-bəl (English)	Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History