How to pronounce metonymy in Italian?

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metonymy::noun | Spocien Dictionary

metonymy

/mɪ'tɑnəmi/

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

Type	Words
Type of	figure, figure of speech, image, trope
Has types	metalepsis
Derivation	metonymical