Ripon is a proper noun, typically a city in North Yorkshire, England, and can refer to other locations or institutions named after that place. In pronunciation contexts, it’s a two-syllable word with initial stress on the first syllable, pronounced roughly as RI-pahn in English. The name is held with a short, clipped first syllable and a slightly longer second syllable, with the vowel in the second syllable tending toward a mid or open back vowel depending on accent.
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