Italian winemaking term
How to pronounce Indicazione Geografica Tipica
Indicazione Geografica Tipica is pronounced in-dee-kah-tsee-OH-neh jeh-oh-GRAH-fee-kah TEE-pee-kah, written /indikatˈtsjoːne dʒeoˈɡraːfika ˈtiːpika/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The main stress falls on TEE.
in-dee-kah-tsee-OH-neh jeh-oh-GRAH-fee-kah TEE-pee-kah
IPA /indikatˈtsjoːne dʒeoˈɡraːfika ˈtiːpika/
What is Indicazione Geografica Tipica?
Italian quality wine designation (IGT) between table wine and DOC with geographic indication.
The name means “Typical geographical indication” in Italian.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as in-dee-kah-SHOH-neh.
In Italian, -zione is said with a ts sound, never shun: in-dee-kah-tsee-OH-neh.
Often heard as tee-PEE-kah.
Tipica is stressed on its first syllable: TEE-pee-kah.
Often heard as geh-oh-GRAH-fee-kah.
In Italian, g before e sounds like English j: jeh-oh-GRAH-fee-kah.
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