How to Pronounce Acacia
uh-KAY-shuh
Acacia is pronounced uh-KAY-shuh: three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Ah-KAY-shah.
What is Acacia?
(Heb. shittim) Ex. 25:5, R.V. probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the “shittah” tree (Isa. 41:19). Its wood is called shittim wood (Ex. 26:15, 26; 25:10, 13, 23, 28, etc.). This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a gnarled and thorny tree. It yields the gum-arabic of commerce. It is found in abundance in the Sinaitic peninsula.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
Ah-KAY-shah