Sound heard twice in "Aruba"

• Unspecific vowel sound
• Vowel with an "uh" sound
• One's at either end of Alaska
• Stress-free vowel
• The "u" sound in "census"
• It's not a sign of stress
• Vowel sound represented by an upside-down "e"
• The "a" sound in "about" or "around"
• The "a" sound in "above"

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables [syn: shwa ]