HOW TO PRONOUNCE
wyoming
/ˌwaɪˈoʊmɪŋ/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 1:05
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Give the “oh” syllable the main beat.
The first syllable has a smaller eye-vowel beat. Keep the stressed oh vowel separate, then finish with the ng sound rather than a separate hard g.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“We camped in Wyoming last summer.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does wyoming mean?
proper noun
- A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
- A town in Kent County, Delaware; a suburb of Dover.
- A city in Stark County, Illinois; a suburb of Peoria.
More meanings (15)
proper noun
- A small city in Jones County, Iowa; a suburb of Cedar Rapids.
- A ghost town in Bath County, Kentucky.
- A neighborhood in the city of Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A sizable city in Kent County, Michigan; a suburb of Grand Rapids.
- A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska.
- A village in the town of Middlebury, Wyoming County, New York.
- A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
- A borough of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- A village and census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
- An unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
- A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
- A former village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now part of the town of Plympton-Wyoming.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌwaɪˈoʊmɪŋ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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In the pages of books
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In Wyoming the experimental study of dry-farm lands began by the private enterprise of H. B. Henderson and his associates.
"Drop us if you must. We can trust the men of Wyoming to enfranchise us after our territory becomes a state."
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I have known of these feats being performed several times in northern Wyoming, although never in the immediate neighborhood of my ranch.
When they speak at all it is to predict all sorts of difficulties for me in my progress through Utah and Wyoming Territories.
“I don’t know as I ever really noticed ’em much till that first year I herded sheep up in Wyoming. That was the year the blizzard caught me.”