How To Pronounce Cuba

In British English, Cuba is pronounced /ˈkjuː.bə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkj̥ʷuː.bə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkjuː.bə/.

Cuba has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.