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How to pronounce splendour in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor
Type of brightness
Type Words
Synonyms brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor
Type of elegance
Has types eclat

Examples of splendour

splendour
An oceanic display of weather, and the backdrop for the day of oceanic splendour.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
It is reflected, mockingly, in the fading Belle Epoque splendour of Buenos Aires.
From the economist.com
But for the glamour and splendour of the monarchy, it can only be a good thing.
From the guardian.co.uk
In this great familial splendour, the city thus escapes London's Darwinian logic.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
Splendour in the Grass runs from July 29-31 at Woodfordia in Woodford, Queensland.
From the dailymercury.com.au
They remember the old splendour of the Majestic and the moment of their youth.
From the guardian.co.uk
Beyond the natural splendour, the Great Lakes can deliver big-time excitement.
From the independent.co.uk
In two years the city is said to have rivalled Baghdad and Cairo in splendour.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the first, the capital's privileged youth were educated in exclusive splendour.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Luster: a quality that outshines the usual
  • Magnificence: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned ...
  • Alternative spelling of splendor