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Tennessee Pronunciation
Tennessee is pronounced te-nuh-SEE, IPA /ˌtɛnəˈsi/.
te-nuh-SEE
US /ˌtɛnəˈsi/
Syllables: te · nuh · SEE (3 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun (proper): A state in the south-eastern United States.
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Tennessee in a Sentence
- Tennessee borders eight other states.
- We drove across Tennessee in a day.
- Her family came from eastern Tennessee.
Common Mispronunciations of Tennessee
Not TE-nuh-see
SEE at the end takes the punch, which is unusual for a place name of this length.
Not tuh-NE-see
Three even beats building to the last, with the middle nuh the quietest of them.
Tip: Three beats, te-nuh-SEE. The river and the state are said the same way.
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