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Pronunciation of Cibola in the US

The American pronunciation of Cibola, specifically in California, US, is

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s uh B OH l uh
  • s sounds like the 's' in so
  • uh sounds like the 'u' in up
  • b sounds like the 'b' in bat
  • oh sounds like the 'o' in so
  • l sounds like the 'l' in let


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Pronunciation of Cibola in NM

The pronunciation of Cibola, specifically in Cibola County, NM, is

SEE be la

"This name came from the Coronado Expedition. The "Seven Cities of Cibola" were, and are, the villages on the Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico that Coronado more or less "discovered" in the Spanish Entrada."

Type of Name: Thought To Mean "buffalo" In Old Zuni
Origin: Zuni Pueblo
Meaning: "Buffalo" In The 16th Century Zuni Dialect


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Pronunciation of Cibola in NM

The pronunciation of Cibola, specifically in Cibola County, NM, is

SEE be la (the "e" is a schwa sound).

I'm local to Cibola County, NM. This is absolutely the correct pronounciation, dating back to Coronado.

"This name came from the Coronado Expedition. The "Seven Cities of Cibola" were, and are, the villages on the Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico that Coronado more or less "discovered" in the Spanish Entrada."

Type of Name: Thought To Mean "buffalo" In Old Zuni
Origin: Zuni Pueblo
Meaning: "Buffalo" In The 16th Century Zuni Dialect


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In the southeastern corner of London lies Greenwich, a borough famous for marking the Prime Meridian (0° longitude), the imaginary line that separates the eastern and western halves of the world.

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