How To Pronounce Panama

In British English, Panama is pronounced /ˈpæn.ə.mɑː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpʰæ̃n.ə.mɑː]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈpæn.ə.mɑː/.

Panama 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.