How do you pronounce "Czestochowa"?

[seeker63]

I’m not clear on that.

 

[Sir_Knight]

Here’s a sound file on how it’s pronounced.

 

[seeker63]

For some reason, I can’t get it to work.

 

[seeker63]

For some reason, I can’t get it to work.

 

[Patchunky]

it’s pronounced just like it’s spelled

CHEST- TA- HOVA :yup:

 

[thann]

Patchunky:

it’s pronounced just like it’s spelled

CHEST- TA- HOVA :yup:

Yes, and with the penultimate syllable stressed:

chess - ta - HO - va

'thann

 

[tee_eff_em]

thann:

Yes, and with the penultimate syllable stressed:

chess - ta - HO - va

'thann

I’ve also heard

shess - ta - HO -va

tee

 

[WanderAimlessly]

thann:

Yes, and with the penultimate syllable stressed:

chess - ta - HO - va

'thann

In the Philadelphia area where there is a shrine in Doylestown to Our Lady of Czestochowa, that is the way it is pronounced.

PF

 

[BayCityRickL]

The usual way.