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Lebanon Pronunciation
Lebanon is pronounced LE-buh-nuhn, IPA /ˈlɛbənən/.
LE-buh-nuhn
US /ˈlɛbənən/
Syllables: LE · buh · nuhn (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: The country on the eastern Mediterranean between Syria and Israel, whose capital is Beirut.
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Lebanon in a Sentence
- Lebanon has a long coastline and high mountains behind it.
- The cedar on the flag is the cedar of Lebanon.
- Her family left Lebanon in the 1980s.
Common Mispronunciations of Lebanon
Not le-buh-NAHN
Hand the beat to LE and let the final syllable settle into nuhn.
Not LEE-buh-nuhn
Keep the first vowel short, the e of led. A long ee borrows from Lebanese, which also moves the beat.
Tip: Three syllables: LE-buh-nuhn. The adjective Lebanese shifts the weight right to the end.
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