Indiana is a proper noun referring to a U.S. state or the Midwest region, pronounced as two syllables with the stress on the second syllable in common American usage. It can also denote the Indiana University system. The pronunciation emphasizes a long i sound, a clear /n/ + /d/ sequence, and a final schwa-like vowel, yielding /ˌɪn.diˈæ.nə/ in many contexts, with regional reductions possible in casual speech.
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