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Lithuania Pronunciation
Lithuania is pronounced li-thuh-WAY-nee-uh, IPA /ˌlɪθəˈweɪniə/.
li-thuh-WAY-nee-uh
US /ˌlɪθəˈweɪniə/
Syllables: li · thuh · WAY · nee · uh (5 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
proper noun (place name): A country on the Baltic coast of northern Europe, with its capital at Vilnius.
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Lithuania in a Sentence
- Lithuania joined the European Union in 2004.
- Her family left Lithuania in the 1930s.
- Basketball is close to a national religion in Lithuania.
Common Mispronunciations of Lithuania
Not li-THOO-ay-nee-uh
Land the punch on WAY, the third of five beats. Pulling it forward makes the name almost unrecognisable.
Not lith-yoo-AY-nee-uh
The thu in the middle reduces to a plain thuh, with no y glide. Adding one lengthens the word by half a beat.
Tip: Five beats, li-thuh-WAY-nee-uh, with a clear w sound leading into the stressed syllable.
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