How To Pronounce Syria

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

Syria 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.