How To Pronounce Uganda

In British English, Uganda is pronounced /juˈɡæn.də/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [jʷuˈɡæ̃n.də]. In American English, it is pronounced /juˈɡæn.də/.

Uganda has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.