how to pronounce joanna

/dʒoʊˈænə/

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joanna is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of joanna in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… hgtv stars joanna and chip gaines …”

meanings of joanna

name:

Obsolete spelling of Johanna (“the island of Anjouan").
A female given name from Hebrew.
One of the women following Jesus.

noun:

A piano.

joanna frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word joanna occurs in english on average 3.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.