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Virginia Pronunciation
Virginia is pronounced ver-JI-nyuh, IPA /vɝˈdʒɪnjə/.
ver-JI-nyuh
US /vɝˈdʒɪnjə/
Syllables: ver · JI · nyuh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun (place name and given name): A state on the east coast of the United States, and a female given name.
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Virginia in a Sentence
- Her family farmed in Virginia for four generations.
- Virginia borders Maryland to the north.
- We met a Virginia at the conference.
Common Mispronunciations of Virginia
Not VUR-ji-nee-uh
JI in second place carries the name, and the ver in front of it is barely sounded. Virgin is the shorter word that keeps the push on the first beat.
Not ver-JI-nee-uh
Those last two letters run together as nyuh, which keeps the name to three beats. Spelling them out gives four.
Tip: West Virginia is a separate state, and both names are said the same way.
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