polish, Polish
august, August
degas, Degas
herb, Herb
job, Job
lima, Lima
natal, Natal
nice, Nice
rainier, Rainier
reading, Reading
rodeo, Rodeo
tangier, Tangier
worms, Worms
and mousehole, Mousehole (Cornish village pronounced mau-zill)
Found inside the ever-interesting Futility Closet.
Mark adds quixotic and Quixote.
Heather offers maria (plural lunar seas, stress first syllable), Maria.
The website heteronym.com is devoted to this topic of words spelled similarly but pronounced differently (excuse, record, minute). The subset that where the pronunciation change is triggered by capitalization have been dubbed Capitonyms (additional examples at the link).
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