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Grenada Pronunciation
Grenada is pronounced gri-NAY-duh, IPA /grɪˈnɑdə/.
gri-NAY-duh
US /grɪˈnɑdə/
Syllables: gri · NAY · duh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun (place name): An island country in the eastern Caribbean, known for its nutmeg.
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Grenada in a Sentence
- Grenada exports more nutmeg than almost anywhere else.
- They spent a fortnight in Grenada in February.
- Grenada became independent in 1974.
Common Mispronunciations of Grenada
Not gruh-NAH-duh
Granada in Spain takes the ah; the Caribbean island takes the ay of made. Swapping them is the single most common slip with this name.
Not GRE-nuh-duh
Land the punch on the middle syllable and let the opening shrink to a grunt. Front stress gives grenade's cousin instead.
Tip: Say it gri-NAY-duh, rhyming roughly with Canada only in its ending. Dictionaries differ on the middle vowel because the Spanish city is spelled and said so nearly the same.
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