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XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE February 12th, 2011 12:42 PM

Oo-No-Va is the way I've been pronouncing it thus far :)

Vegas February 12th, 2011 1:27 PM

Lol I just say U-no-va. :q
Yay for being lazy Finnish person.

bwburke94 February 12th, 2011 6:55 PM

The name Unova likely comes from the Spanish "uno" and "nova". So it should be Oo-no-va with the stress on the second syllable.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE February 13th, 2011 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwburke94 (Post 6453415)
The name Unova likely comes from the Spanish "uno" and "nova". So it should be Oo-no-va with the stress on the second syllable.

Yay I got it right lol :D

BareBones February 14th, 2011 10:10 AM

I pronounce it You-No-Vah, for some reason.

Derezzed February 15th, 2011 3:49 AM

It's weird, because I've never had to say it out loud I haven't thought about how I'd pronounce it. After watching the anime I'm going with you-no-vah though.

Pokemon Trainer Touko February 15th, 2011 3:54 AM

I just call it Isshu~ It's easier~~

mzmingle February 15th, 2011 6:19 AM

U - No - Vah.
I can't think of it any other way really...

SukoSuNa February 15th, 2011 6:37 AM

I always pronounce it "You-No-Vah".
Mostly because there's a street where I live called Nova Vista so I'm used to the sound "No-vah".

Ho-Oh February 15th, 2011 6:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Pokemon Trainer Touko (Post 6457414)
I just call it Isshu~ It's easier~~

Yeah but this thread is asking of only the two ways (and any other ways of "Unova" not Isshu) D;

Even after the pronounciation was confirmed official by the anime, I still am going to call it U-no-va. I don't care if the other way is official, it just does not sound right to me. :x /rebel

Rich Boy Rob February 15th, 2011 1:53 PM

Oo-No-Va for me.
I say it with the second syllable stressed like Oo-Nova though, not like Oo-nuh-va

Vindra February 15th, 2011 3:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich Boy Rob (Post 6458076)
Oo-No-Va for me.
I say it with the second syllable stressed like Oo-Nova though, not like Oo-nuh-va

This is the way I pronounce it, too.

I really dislike this name... the "ova" part jumps out at me every time. D:

InfernoHo-Oh February 15th, 2011 3:51 PM

Un-No-Vah, thats how I say it~

Serperior February 15th, 2011 9:56 PM

You-no-va. Always have pronounced it that way, always will.

Unknown Entity February 16th, 2011 6:53 AM

U-no-vah is how I've been saying it, never really thought about how it was actually pronounced until I saw this thread...

~Unknown

Palamon February 16th, 2011 9:23 AM

It's pronounced UN-NO-VAH. You-na-va sounds wrong. Un-no-vah sounds like Universe the other one doesn't.

WarpstarX February 16th, 2011 1:09 PM

Unum(one)+Novus(new)=Unova, Uno comes from Unum thus it's pronounced Oo-Nova.

Zelda February 16th, 2011 3:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yuki's Sword (Post 6459398)
It's pronounced UN-NO-VAH. You-na-va sounds wrong. Un-no-vah sounds like Universe the other one doesn't.

It's actually pronounced "You-Ni-Va," but You-Na-Va is also correct if you pronounce it slightly the same way. It sounds a bit more like Universe in my opinion, and the correct pronunciation has already been confirmed "You Ni/Na Va" after hearing the characters in the B&W anime say it for themselves. ;x

For others, it may just depend on their accent.

February 16th, 2011 3:28 PM

If you pronounce it based on its name origin (Latin, if I recall?), you would pronounce it "Oo-noh-vah", which is how I've been pronouncing it, being the language geek I am ^_^

Meganium February 16th, 2011 3:43 PM

Ever since the debut of Unova, I've been saying it as "You-NO-Vuh" all this time. But when I saw the first episode of B/W, it's been said "You-Nah-Vuh". So, it's been quite confusing to say which pronunciation is the correct one.

Envioux February 17th, 2011 3:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PlatinumDude (Post 6445322)
I've been pronouncing Unova as "You-No-Va" ever since it was first revealed.

I remember the day it was revealed as Unova. U nited (states) ov (of) a(merica) and thought it was pretty clever. United begins with "You" so I pronounce it "You-No-Va".

tl;dr You-No-Va seems correct to me.

PiPVoda February 19th, 2011 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE (Post 6452550)
Oo-No-Va is the way I've been pronouncing it thus far :)

Yep, I'm sure that's the pronounciation. I mean some English words may be hard to pronounce but Unova is obviously oo-no-va. Well to me it is.

The Red Chain February 19th, 2011 11:46 AM

I hate the actual pronunciation, I really do. ;-; You-nih-va just defies the English language.
It's as if they are trying too hard to be different, even if it means making zero sense. ]:
I wonder what it's supposed to resemble when pronouncing it like that...


Mew~ February 19th, 2011 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaori (Post 6459880)


It's actually pronounced "You-Ni-Va," but You-Na-Va is also correct if you pronounce it slightly the same way. It sounds a bit more like Universe in my opinion, and the correct pronunciation has already been confirmed "You Ni/Na Va" after hearing the characters in the B&W anime say it for themselves. ;x

For others, it may just depend on their accent.

I'm pretty sure it's "You-nuh-vuh," - not "You-niv-vuh,"


I've even just checked BW01 (I have it downloaded on my PC, shhhh), you can hear the "nuh" in the pronunciation when all the characters say it. I hear no "niv".

BenjiTheKid February 19th, 2011 1:46 PM

I've been pronouncing it Yew-No-Vah for some reason. Every time I see it written out, that's just the way my head reads it. ._.


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