How to pronounce Hiroshima?

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Pronunciation of Hiroshima in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Hiroshima is pronounced as

hee roh SHEE ma


Hiroshima is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ hee roh SHEE ma ]

Type of Name:

Name of a city

Language:

Japanese

Meaning:

City in Japan


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Pronunciation of Hiroshima in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Hiroshima is pronounced as

hee roh SHEE ma


Hiroshima is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ hee roh SHEE ma ]

Type of Name:

Name of a city

Language:

Japanese

Meaning:

City in Japan


Comments:

Pronunciation of Hiroshima

   Slow

Hiroshima is pronounced as

h ee - R OH - sh ee - m uh

h sounds like the 'h' in 'hat'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'
sh sounds like the 'sh' in 'ship'
m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'


Hiroshima is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ h ee - R OH - sh ee - m uh ]

h ee - R OH - sh ee - m uh
hat see   rat so   ship see   me up



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Pronunciation of Hiroshima

he-RO-shim-uh


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Pronunciation of Hiroshima in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

hee - ee as in "he"
ro - o as in "row"
SHEE - ee as in "she"
ma - a as in "father"


Type of Name:

Name of a city

Language:

Japanese

Meaning:

City in Japan


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Pronunciation of Hiroshima in Mexico

   Slow

The Mexican pronunciation of Hiroshima is

ee·roh·see·maa  

ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'
s sounds like the 's' in 'so'
m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
aa sounds like the 'a' in 'car'


Hindi/Devanagari transliteration:

The closest approximation of the Mexican pronunciation of 'Hiroshima' in Hindi/Devnagiri script is


इरोसीमा

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Pronunciation of Hiroshima in Chicago suburb

Hiroshima is pronounced as

Hear oh sh ma (no accent)

oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'
sh sounds like the 'sh' in 'ship'


Hiroshima is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ Hear oh sh ma (no accent) ]

oh sh
so ship

Type of Name:

Name of City in Japan

Language:

Japanese

Additional Information:

Pronunciation provided to me in high school by Japanese exchange student.

My question: are there different dialects or pronunciations in different parts of Japan and its many islands?


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Pronunciation of Hiroshima in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

hee - roh - SHEE - ma


Type of Name:

Name of a city

Language:

Japanese

Meaning:

City in Japan


Comments: