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Uzbekistan Pronunciation
Uzbekistan is pronounced ooz-BE-ki-stan, IPA /uzˈbɛkɪˌstæn/.
ooz-BE-ki-stan
US /uzˈbɛkɪˌstæn/
Syllables: ooz · BE · ki · stan (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun: A country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
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Uzbekistan in a Sentence
- Samarkand and Bukhara are both in Uzbekistan.
- Uzbekistan is one of only two doubly landlocked countries.
- Cotton has long dominated the economy of Uzbekistan.
Common Mispronunciations of Uzbekistan
Not uhz-be-ki-STAN
The beat falls on the BE, the second of four syllables, not on the stan at the end.
Not ooz-BEEK-i-stan
The stressed vowel is the short e of bed. Uzbek, the people and the language, uses the same short vowel.
Tip: The -stan countries divide into two groups. Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan take the beat in the middle, while Afghanistan and Pakistan are usually said with it on the last syllable.
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