How do you pronounce Giannis?
How do you pronounce Giannis Antetokounmpo?
Antetokounmpo admits there are a few acceptable ways to say his last name, the result of inexact transliteration from the Yoruba version (ah-det-oh-KOON-boh) to Greek (where it became an-tet-oh-KOON-poh).
How do you say Giannis Antetokounmpo in Greek?
The other way to say Antetokounmpo is in Greek, where it would be pronounced as AHN-teh-toh-KOOM-poh. As you can see, each syllable is more clearly pronounced and it acquires a more phonetically linear pronunciation.
How do you pronounce Giannis first name?
While the more popular pronunciation of the Greak Freak’s last name is “Antay-tu-koompo,” Ruocco says it is actually pronounced “Adedo-Koonbo.” His first name, meanwhile, is pronounced “Yonnis” (when referring to him in third person) or “Yonnie” (when speaking to him directly).