English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Cinchona Pronunciation
Cinchona is pronounced sing-KOH-nuh, IPA /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/.
sing-KOH-nuh
US /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/ · UK /sɪŋˈkəʊnə/
Syllables: sing · KOH · nuh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A South American tree whose bark yields quinine, the first effective treatment for malaria.
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Cinchona in a Sentence
- Quinine is extracted from cinchona bark.
- Plantations of cinchona were established in Java.
- The cinchona tree appears on the national coat of arms.
Common Mispronunciations of Cinchona
Not sin-CHOH-nuh
The ch is a k in most English dictionaries, so the middle is KOH. A chuh sound is heard but is the minority form.
Not KIN-choh-nuh
The opening c is soft, giving sin, and the beat waits for the second syllable.
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