How Do You Spell UMEA?
The spelling of the town in northern Sweden, Umeå, is pronounced /yːˈmɛo/. This phonetic transcription depicts the sounds of the word in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The first sound is a rounded front vowel /y/, followed by a long mid-open vowel /ɛː/ and a closing diphthong /o/. The acute accent on the second syllable denotes the primary stress in the word, making it sound like "yoo-MEH-oh". Understanding the phonetic transcription can help English speakers pronounce foreign words correctly.