How to pronounce “Mazatlán”

Hear how “Mazatlán (Mexican beach city)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

Mazatlánmah-sah-TLAHN (Latin America) · mah-thah-TLAHN (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	Mexican beach city
Syllables	ma · za · tlán (3)
Stress	The written accent marks the stress: TLÁN.
IPA (Latin America)	/ma.sa.ˈtlan/
IPA (Spain)	/ma.θa.ˈtlan/

z 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.

Mazatlán tiene un malecón muy largo.Mazatlán has a very long boardwalk.

Fuimos a Mazatlán para el carnaval.We went to Mazatlán for carnival.