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Emancipation Proclamation Pronunciation
Emancipation Proclamation is pronounced i-man-suh-PAY-shuhn-prah-kluh-MAY-shuhn, IPA /ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən ˌprɑkləˈmeɪʃən/.
i-man-suh-PAY-shuhn-prah-kluh-MAY-shuhn
US /ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən ˌprɑkləˈmeɪʃən/ · UK /ɪˌmɑːnsɪˈpeɪʃən ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃən/
Syllables: i · man · suh · PAY · shuhn · prah · kluh · MAY · shuhn (9 syllables, stress on syllable 4)
proper noun (phrase): The order Abraham Lincoln issued in 1863 declaring enslaved people in the rebelling states to be free.
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Emancipation Proclamation in a Sentence
- Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on the first day of 1863.
- The Emancipation Proclamation applied only to the states then in rebellion.
- A facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation hangs in the reading room.
Common Mispronunciations of Emancipation Proclamation
Not i-MAN-suh-pay-shuhn PROH-kluh-may-shuhn
Each half saves its loud beat for the syllable just before the shuhn, so the two peaks land on PAY and on MAY.
Not i-man-ki-PAY-shuhn
The c before the i is soft, giving a plain s, so the third beat is a quiet suh.
Tip: Proclaim puts its beat at the end, but proclamation pulls it onto the MAY and flattens the vowel in front of it.
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