How to pronounce jima in American English
“jima” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to jima the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“jima” in real sentences — American speakers
47 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Iwo Jima is 750 miles south of the island of Japan.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Iwo Jima Marine and Cal passed away about a year ago.
National Archives
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of freedom; that stormed the beaches of Normandy, climbed the hills of Iwo Jima; that
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “jima”
Words one sound away from jima — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of jima. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.