How To Pronounce Bolivia

In British English, Bolivia is pronounced /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bəˈlɪv.i.ə]. In American English, it is pronounced /bəˈlɪv.i.ə/.

Bolivia has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

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.