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Vietnam Pronunciation
Vietnam is pronounced vee-et-NAHM, IPA /viˌɛtˈnɑm/.
vee-et-NAHM
US /viˌɛtˈnɑm/
Syllables: vee · et · NAHM (3 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
proper noun: A country in Southeast Asia, on the eastern edge of the Indochinese peninsula.
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Vietnam in a Sentence
- They travelled through Vietnam by train.
- Coffee from Vietnam is mostly robusta.
- Vietnam reunified in 1976.
Common Mispronunciations of Vietnam
Not vee-et-NAM
The final vowel is the broad ah of father in careful speech, though the flatter am is widely used in American English.
Not VEET-nam
The name has three beats. Squeezing the first two together loses the short et in the middle.
Tip: The last syllable is the strong one, and the first two stay light: vee-et-NAHM.
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