how to pronounce жигули

/ʐɨɡʊˈlʲi/

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жигули is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of жигули in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… я люблю две модели жигули и тройка стоит …”

meanings of жигули

name:

Name of various villages in Russia.
Mountains on the right bank of the Volga.

noun:

Zhiguli-brand car (internal Russian name of the Lada).

жигули frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word жигули occurs in russian on average 1 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.