How to pronounce “Galicia”

Hear how “Galicia (region in northwestern Spain)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

Galiciagah-LEE-syah (Latin America) · gah-LEE-thyah (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	region in northwestern Spain
Syllables	ga · li · cia (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: LI.
IPA (Latin America)	/ɡa.ˈli.sja/
IPA (Spain)	/ɡa.ˈli.θja/

c before e or i sounds like s in Latin America and like the "th" in "think" in most of Spain.
Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

Galicia tiene mucha lluvia.Galicia gets a lot of rain.

Santiago de Compostela está en Galicia.Santiago de Compostela is in Galicia.