The word "gaona" is spelled with three syllables: /ɡaʊ.nə/. The first syllable contains the sound /ɡ/, which is produced by vibrating the vocal cords while air flows through the mouth. The second syllable contains the diphthong /aʊ/, which transitions from an open back vowel to a close back vowel. The final syllable contains the unstressed schwa sound /ə/. The spelling of "gaona" is representative of the sounds produced when pronouncing the word using standard English phonetics.