owing to

because of something; due to the fact of something. Owing to the lateness of the evening, I must go home. We were late owing to the heavy traffic.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jehoshaphat	ji-HAHSH-ə-fat (English), jee-HAHSH-ə-fat (English)	Biblical
Panos	-	Greek
Het-Heru	-	Egyptian Mythology
Lucrezia	loo-KRE-tsyah	Italian
Sive	SIEV	Irish
Doris	['dɔris]