HOW TO PRONOUNCE
milwaukee
/mɪlˈwɔki/
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The middle syllable is strongest.
Keep the l before w in the opening sequence. The final vowel is ee, while the stressed middle vowel may vary with the speaker’s American accent.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“We met in Milwaukee for the weekend.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does milwaukee mean?
proper noun
- The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northampton County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɪlˈwɔki/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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See this word in context.
Hastening diagonally across the street, he found that the Milwaukee Lunch, where he had eaten the night before, was open.
“George Evans was in here Saturday and said he saw you in Milwaukee last week.”
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The doorway was decorated with a huge Milwaukee beer sign.
Examples have been brought forward during many recent years, especially by my friends Dr and Mrs Peckham, of Milwaukee, the great authorities on this group of Araneae.
Once when she was on her way to Milwaukee a gray haired man approached her on the train, said he knew her relatives, they were rather a bad lot of people, and he wanted to protect her from them.