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Wikipedia prescribes /'kævǝnɔ:/ for the Irish surname.

What I hear on the tube (i.e. TV), as of October 4, 2018:

[ˈkʰævɪˌnɔ] <awe>

[ˈkʰævɪˌnɑ] <Ah!>

[ˈkʰævɪˌnɑɹ] <are> (Donald Trump)

[ˈkʰævɪˌnɑn] <Ah! + n>

[ˈkʰævɪnə] [Uh...]

[ˈkʰævɪˌnou] <owe> (Chuck Schumer)

[ˈkʰævɪˌnɔf] <off> (me. Upon first hearing, I thought it was Slavic; though
not on the tube. Yet.)

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