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Hilo Pronunciation
Hilo is pronounced HEE-loh, IPA /ˈhiloʊ/.
HEE-loh
US /ˈhiloʊ/
Syllables: HEE · loh (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: The largest town on the east coast of the island of Hawaii.
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Hilo in a Sentence
- The ferry from Hilo was cancelled again.
- Hilo gets more rain than almost anywhere else in the state.
- They drove from Hilo to the volcano in under an hour.
Common Mispronunciations of Hilo
Not HY-loh
The first vowel is the ee of see, not the long i of hide. Hawaiian vowels keep their Latin values, so i is always ee.
Not hee-LOH
The weight goes on the first syllable, and the second is an even, unstressed loh.
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