how to pronounce местность

/ˈmʲesnəsʲtʲ/

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местность is pronounced in two syllables

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mʲ

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sʲ

tʲ

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

“… сельскую местность то ребенок работает …”

meanings of местность

noun:

Area, district, place, locality, region.
Terrain, ground.

местность frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word местность occurs in russian on average 5 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.