How do you pronounce "carnauba"?

[akimel]

Originally Posted by Inzane

Aren't "noo" and "new" the exact same, phonetically?

At first I thought the same, too; but I think that the difference is between NOO (as in "boohoo") and NYOO (as in "pewter"). The difference is subtle but it's there.

[bert31]

Originally Posted by Holden_C04

The proper, unbastardized pronunciation is car-now-ba. That is, at least according to Merriam-Webster and a few other sources.

Merriam-Webster Pronunciation

According to how the website pronounces it, it sounds more like car - noe - ba rather than car - now - ba. In otherwords, noe like No Way! Versus now like Right Now!

Edit: Now that I have listened to it a few more times, maybe it does sound more like now than noe. Hard to tell.