No, no no, no. No.
Dummies.
It’s pronounced Carya illinoinensis.
(Sheesh)
Google search gave me this info. And to an extant - I agree....
How do people say pecan?
The linguistics department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee just also shared a pecan pronunciation map that gives another option – where people may say pee-KAHN by itself, but then say PEE-can when using a compound word, like pecan pie.Jun 6, 2013