how to pronounce ностальгия

/nəstɐlʲˈɡʲijə/

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ностальгия is pronounced in four syllables

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lʲ

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ɡʲ

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

“… собирая а тут что-то ностальгия замучила …”

meanings of ностальгия

noun:

Nostalgia.

ностальгия frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ностальгия occurs in russian 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.