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How to pronounce Gloucester How to pronounce Gloucester?

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Pronunciation of Gloucester in Australia - Canberra

The pronunciation of Gloucester is

glOSS+ta or glOSS+tuh
glOSS rhymes with 'boss', doss', 'loss'.
Final R not pronounced in most varieties of English ("non-rhotic")

"In east-central New South Wales, Gloucester is the name of a small town."

Type of Name: Place Name E.g. County, Town
Origin: English, But Etymologically Also From Latin.


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Pronunciation of Gloucester

Here is how Gloucester is pronounced

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G L AH - s t ah
  • g sounds like the 'g' in go
  • l sounds like the 'l' in let
  • ah sounds like the 'a' in car
  • s sounds like the 's' in so
  • t sounds like the 't' in to

"pronunciation by natives of Massachusetts"

Type of Name: City Name
Origin: English


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Pronunciation of Gloucester

Here is how Gloucester is pronounced

   Slow

GLAW-ster
GLAW - rhymes with claw
ster - rhymes with her


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Pronunciation of Gloucester

Here is how Gloucester is pronounced

GLAH-sta

"pronunciation by natives of Massachusetts"

Type of Name: City Name
Origin: English


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Pronunciation of Gloucester in the UK

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Pronunciation of Gloucester in the UK

The British pronunciation of Gloucester, specifically in London, UK, is

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g l AW s - t er
  • g sounds like the 'g' in go
  • l sounds like the 'l' in let
  • aw sounds like the 'aw' in law
  • s sounds like the 's' in so
  • t sounds like the 't' in to
  • er sounds like the 'ur' in hurt


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The correct answer is "gren-itch."

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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