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Iceland Pronunciation
Iceland is pronounced EYE-sluhnd, IPA /ˈaɪslənd/.
EYE-sluhnd
US /ˈaɪslənd/
Syllables: EYE · sluhnd (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: The island country in the North Atlantic whose capital is Reykjavik.
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Iceland in a Sentence
- We flew to Iceland for four days in March.
- Iceland runs almost entirely on geothermal and hydroelectric power.
- Her grandmother was born in the north of Iceland.
Common Mispronunciations of Iceland
Not EYE-sland
Let the second syllable go soft. The land on the end is unstressed in country names of this kind, so it reduces to sluhnd rather than keeping the full vowel of land.
Not EYE-luhnd
The c is pronounced. Dropping it gives island, which has a silent s and is a different word entirely.
Tip: Iceland keeps its s sound, island does not. That single consonant is the only thing between them.
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