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# How to pronounce "soay" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/sɒɪ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **soay**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: A primitive breed of domestic sheep descended from feral sheep on the island of Soay, Scotland.
  - *Example*: "1961 August 3, Peter Jewell, The wild sheep of St Kilda, New Scientist, No. 246, page 268, These apparently wild Soay sheep have bred on the island for centuries, virtually untended by Man. They are a relic of primitive domestic sheep, little improved from their wild progenitors."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (3 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "soay" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "okay that's why the uh soay it has a touch screen there you"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 47:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PU5moAO-_M&t=2879s)

### Example 2
> "good soay they started and then Co hit that was a little bit of a hit but was also good because a lot of overseas"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 37:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8_x1C7yzQ&t=2235s)

### Example 3
> "the four General uh forces that you should think about in terms of not only analyzing these two solutions but also crafting your own and with that we're going to move on to the guest soay is managing director of the burkman center and a co-found founder of the information Technologies Group at Harvard centers for International Development he's teaching a course this semester on the Technologies and politics of Internet control and he was"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 14:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIfiJyyDr3s&t=891s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Synonyms**: [soay sheep](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soay-sheep)
- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [soa](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soa), [soab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soab), [soak](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soak), [soaky](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soaky), [soal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soal), [soam](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soam), [soap](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soap), [soaks](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soaks)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "soay" correctly?
"soay" is pronounced `/sɒɪ/`. Syllable breakdown: **soay**.

### What does "soay" mean in context?
A primitive breed of domestic sheep descended from feral sheep on the island of Soay, Scotland.

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