How to Pronounce ENCLAVE (British & American English)
How to Pronounce ENCLAVE
Learn how to pronounce enclave correctly by understanding the syllables and which one to stress.
The word enclave is made up of 2 syllables.
The 1st syllable has the stress so the word is pronounced: EN-klayv. That’s the British pronunciation.
The American pronunciation is: ON-klayv.
In the example we see the special administrative region of Macau.
The sentence reads: Macau is a gambling enclave in southern China.
Examples of ENCLAVE from news items:
In the US, they seem to cluster around Greenwich, Connecticut, a super-rich enclave just outside New York.
The Guardian
In Houston and throughout other Nigerian enclaves, like Atlanta, New York and Baltimore, Nigerian wedding ceremonies are especially opulent.
The New York Times
About 27 acres of grassy slopes and palm and umbrella pine enclaves welcome sunbathers, joggers and joyous children.
The Washington Post
When she was a young child, Shange and her family relocated to St. Louis, where they lived in an upper-middle-class enclave of the town, a segregated universe.
The New Yorker
Defended by the government as a way to dismantle poorer non-Western immigrant enclaves so as to more fully integrate Danish society, the sweeping set of initiatives is criticized by many as harsh and discriminatory.
New York Times
For the 2 million residents of Gaza, last month’s hostilities were just the latest in an endless cycle of war, the fourth to convulse the Palestinian enclave along the Mediterranean in just 13 years.
Washington Post
Mr. Heyman was acting president of the homeowners’ association at Oakmont Village, an enclave in Northern California’s wine country for people age 55 and over.
Wall Street Journal
Look for opportunities today to use the word ENCLAVE in your everyday English conversation and make the word your own.
Now you know how to say ENCLAVE with in either British or American English, check another word that sometimes causes confusion:
How to Pronounce RECEIPT
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