How to pronounce Cibola?

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Pronunciation of Cibola in US

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Cibola is pronounced as

s uh B OH l uh

s sounds like the 's' in 'so'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'
b sounds like the 'b' in 'bat'
oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'


Cibola is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ s uh B OH l uh ]

s uh B OH l uh
so up bat so let up



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Pronunciation of Cibola in Cibola County, NM

Cibola is pronounced as

SEE be la


Cibola is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ SEE be la ]

Type of Name:

Thought to mean "buffalo" in old Zuni

Language:

Zuni pueblo

Meaning:

"Buffalo" in the 16th century Zuni dialect

Additional Information:

This name came from the Coronado Expedition. The "Seven Cities of Cibola" were, and are, the villages on the Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico that Coronado more or less "discovered" in the Spanish Entrada.


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Pronunciation of Cibola in Cibola County, NM

SEE be la (the "e" is a schwa sound).

I'm local to Cibola County, NM. This is absolutely the correct pronounciation, dating back to Coronado.


Type of Name:

Thought to mean "buffalo" in old Zuni

Language:

Zuni pueblo

Meaning:

"Buffalo" in the 16th century Zuni dialect

Additional Information:

This name came from the Coronado Expedition. The "Seven Cities of Cibola" were, and are, the villages on the Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico that Coronado more or less "discovered" in the Spanish Entrada.


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