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Albania Pronunciation
Albania is pronounced al-BAY-nee-uh, IPA /ælˈbeɪniə/.
al-BAY-nee-uh
US /ælˈbeɪniə/
Syllables: al · BAY · nee · uh (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun (proper): A country on the Balkan coast of the Adriatic Sea.
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Albania in a Sentence
- Albania opened to tourism only in the 1990s.
- We drove south from Albania into Greece.
- Albania and Italy are forty miles apart at the narrowest point.
Common Mispronunciations of Albania
Not AL-buh-nee-uh
Romania and Slovenia put the beat on the syllable before their nia ending, and this country name does too, giving BAY.
Not al-BAH-nee-uh
Albany in New York takes a short a in the middle; the country takes the long ay of day.
Tip: Albanians call their own country Shqiperi, from the word for eagle.
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