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Bosnia Pronunciation
Bosnia is pronounced BAHZ-nee-uh, IPA /ˈbɑzniə/.
BAHZ-nee-uh
US /ˈbɑzniə/
Syllables: BAHZ · nee · uh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: A country in southeastern Europe, formally Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Bosnia in a Sentence
- Bosnia borders Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro.
- She was posted to Bosnia in the late nineties.
- Bosnia has only a short stretch of coastline.
Common Mispronunciations of Bosnia
Not BOS-nee-uh
Voice the s into a z, so the opening sounds closer to Bahz than to Boss. English does this to an s between a vowel and an n fairly often.
Not bahz-NEE-uh
Open loud and let the rest drop away. The beat belongs to the first syllable in both English and Bosnian.
Tip: Three syllables, BAHZ-nee-uh. The adjective Bosnian follows the same shape.
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