How To Pronounce Ethiopia

In British English, Ethiopia is pronounced /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pi.ə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pi.ə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌiː.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/.

Ethiopia has five syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.