how to pronounce санкция

/ˈsankt͡sɨjə/

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санкция is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… за это когда против нас вели санкция мы …”

meanings of санкция

noun:

Sanction (penalty, coercive measure).
Sanction (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid).

санкция frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word санкция 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.