Boma pronunciation?

[Snurk71]

BOH-muh or BAH-muh?

I've always pronounced it BOH-muh. MIL said someone from the restaurant called and she relayed the message as BAH-muh (she's never heard it called one way or the other before this call so I assume she's just repeating how the caller pronounced it).

 

[Tricia1972]

Straight from the Dictionary...

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/ˈboʊ

mə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[boh-muh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River. 79,000.

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[WillCAD]

Any Trekkie can tell you it's BOH-mah (see TOS episode The Gallileo Seven).

 

[Deb & Bill]

Unless you are from Bahston.