How To Pronounce Amazon

In British English, Amazon is pronounced /ˈæm.ə.zən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈæ̃m.ə.zn̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈæm.ə.zɑːn/.

Amazon has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.