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How to pronounce canoe in American English

“canoe” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to canoe the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“canoe” in real sentences — American speakers

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  1. Virgin Islands in a canoe -- or I could take a canoe -- and in five

    The Obama White House

  2. We got to canoe through a Cypress Slough.

    National Park Service

  3. them to participate in our canoe journey this year.

    USGS

Words that sound like “canoe”

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Other forms of “canoe”

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