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Pronunciation of Iwo Jima in Arlington, VA, USA
ee - oh - j ee - m ah
| ee | sounds like the | 'ee' | in 'see' | |
| oh | sounds like the | 'o' | in 'so' | |
| j | sounds like the | 'j' | in 'jug' | |
| m | sounds like the | 'm' | in 'me' | |
| ah | sounds like the | 'a' | in 'car' |
Phonetic Spelling:[ ee - oh - j ee - m ah ]
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Type of Name:
Island of Japan
Language:
Japanese
Alternate Spelling(s):
Io Jima, Iou Jima
Meaning:
Io = Sulfur, jima = island.
Additional Information:
In Japanese, it would be written with five characters.
I O U JI MA.
In Japan, it has since been re-named
I O U TO U.
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Pronunciation of Iwo Jima in Arlington, VA, USA
i oh gee ma
i pronounced like the 'e' in 'eat'
oh pronounced like the 'o' in "o'hare" Note: It should take half the time to say the 'i' sound than it takes to say the 'oh' sound.
gee pronounced like the 'gee' in "gee whiz"
ma pronounced like the 'ma' (mother)
Note 2: the "w" in "Iwo" is a artifact of how Japanese was Romanized in the 1940's.
Type of Name:
Island of Japan
Language:
Japanese
Alternate Spelling(s):
Io Jima, Iou Jima
Meaning:
Io = Sulfur, jima = island.
Additional Information:
In Japanese, it would be written with five characters.
I O U JI MA.
In Japan, it has since been re-named
I O U TO U.
Pronunciation of Iwo Jima
io jima
Pronunciation of Iwo Jima
woah-jima
wo-jee-mah
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