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Amnesty International Pronunciation

Written by Eleanor Whitfield, Lead English Curriculum Editor · Updated 2026-10-21

Amnesty International is pronounced AM-nuh-stee-in-ter-NA-shuh-nuhl, IPA /ˈæmnəsti ˌɪnɝˈnæʃənəl/.

AM-nuh-stee-in-ter-NA-shuh-nuhl

US /ˈæmnəsti ˌɪnɝˈnæʃənəl/ · UK /ˈæmnəsti ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəl/

Syllables: AM · nuh · stee · in · ter · NA · shuh · nuhl (8 syllables, stress on syllable 1)

noun (proper): A worldwide human rights organisation founded in London in 1961.

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Amnesty International in a Sentence

Amnesty International published the figures in March.
She volunteered for Amnesty International during her degree.
Amnesty International has observers at the trial.

Common Mispronunciations of Amnesty International

Not am-NE-stee in-ter-NA-shuh-nuhl

Amnesty takes its weight at the front, on AM, while the word behind it keeps a loud beat of its own on NA.

Not AM-nuh-stee in-ter-na-SHUH-nuhl

National trails off into shuh-nuhl with nothing loud in it, and the longer word behaves the same way.

Tip: Amnesty comes from the Greek for forgetting, the root that also gave us amnesia.

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