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Mar 21st, 2002 | 12:49 PM

John

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Could any Italian speakers tell me the correct way to prounce La Spezia (the town near Cinque Terre). Is it La Spe zia or <BR>La Spez ia. Is the accent on Spez or ia?

Mar 21st, 2002 | 12:53 PM

jahoulih

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Accent is on the first syllable (La SPE-zia). Remember that "z" in Italian is pronounced like "ts."

Mar 21st, 2002 | 01:09 PM

GAC

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The accent is on the "e"

Mar 21st, 2002 | 01:30 PM

Book Chick

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La SPAY zee ah

Mar 21st, 2002 | 01:53 PM

sam

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I agree with jahouli that z is pronounced like ts (or, actually, IMO, like tz), so I would combine the answers to come up with la SPAYT-zee-ah.

Mar 23rd, 2002 | 04:54 AM

lacristina

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Sam is right.

Mar 23rd, 2002 | 01:43 PM

David

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To make it sound even more idiomatic, you should make Spezia two syllables, the last one sounding more like "tsya". People who make Spezia into three distinct syllables sound more American.