Amherst is the name of several places and institutions, most famously Amherst College and Amherst, Massachusetts. It is pronounced as a proper noun with a subtle, often non-phonemic second syllable, commonly heard as AHM-sst or AMH-herst, depending on regional familiarity. In standard American usage, the final “t” is typically unstressed and lightly released in connected speech.
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