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Plymouth Pronunciation
Plymouth is pronounced PLI-muhth, IPA /ˈplɪməθ/.
PLI-muhth
US /ˈplɪməθ/
Syllables: PLI · muhth (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun (place name): A port city in Devon, England, and the name of several towns founded from it, including one in Massachusetts.
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Plymouth in a Sentence
- The ferry to Roscoff leaves from Plymouth.
- Plymouth was heavily bombed during the war.
- They landed at Plymouth in December 1620.
Common Mispronunciations of Plymouth
Not PLY-mowth
The mouth in this name is nothing like the word mouth. It reduces to a weak muhth, as it does in Bournemouth and Portsmouth.
Not pli-MUHTH
Open loud on PLI and let the ending disappear. English place names in mouth never stress that ending.
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