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How to pronounce lava in American English
“lava” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to lava the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“lava” in real sentences — American speakers
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The lava has kind of built a perched lava pond and the lava is overflowing from
USGS
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Double suns...lava...light-years.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Auklets use lava habitat to nest.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “lava”
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