How to pronounce New York?

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Pronunciation of New York

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New York is pronounced as

n OO - y AW r k

n sounds like the 'n' in 'no'
oo sounds like the 'oo' in 'food'
y sounds like the 'y' in 'yes'
aw sounds like the 'aw' in 'law'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'


New York is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ n OO - y AW r k ]

n OO - y AW r k
no food   yes law rat key



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Pronunciation of New York in UK

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Pronunciation of New York in Nyoo Sauth Weilz, Oztraya. Er, ... Oztraylya.

New York is pronounced as

ny oo y aw k

oo sounds like the 'oo' in 'food'
y sounds like the 'y' in 'yes'
aw sounds like the 'aw' in 'law'
k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'


New York is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ ny oo y aw k ]

oo y aw k
food yes law key

Type of Name:

The city

Language:

vs Old York!

Additional Information:

Some varieties of English have what linguists call "yod pronouncing" (new = nyoo) while others have "yod dropping" (new = noo).

'Here is the latest nooz' vs 'here is the latest nyooz'. And deserts have sand dyoons or sand doons. But no blyoo myoons in Jyoon!


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