Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandalay

/ˌmæn.dəˈleɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
Man-da-lay
IPA
/ˌmæn.dəˈleɪ/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in central Burma (Myanmar)

name

A region of Burma (Myanmar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese မန္တလေး (manta.le:).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: မန္တလေး

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌmæn.dəˈleɪ/
  • British English: /ˌmæn.dəˈleɪ/

Derived Forms

Mandalayan

Questions

How do you pronounce mandalay?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmæn.dəˈleɪ/.
What does mandalay mean?
A city in central Burma (Myanmar)
Where does mandalay come from?
Borrowed from Burmese မန္တလေး (manta.le:).

How to pronounce mandalay

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˌmæn.dəˈleɪ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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