How To Pronounce Hungary

In British English, Hungary is pronounced /ˈhʌŋ.ɡər.i/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈhʌ̃ŋ.ɡər.i]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈhʌŋ.ɡər.i/.

Hungary has three 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.