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[Facts] pronunciation of Eliana
What is the pronunciation of Eliana? Is it pronounce Ellie (short e) or Eelee (long E) and Anna (rhymes with banana) or onna (rhymes with donna)? Thanks.
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It's neither. the Eli bit is just like Ellie, and the ana is said AR (like the letter R)na. If it were spelt Elianna, then it would be ellie-ANNA, but because there's only one consonant, the vowel makes a longer sound.
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el-ee-AN-a ... which may become el-ee-AWN-a with certain accents.
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I think you pronounce it as: El-ee-ah-nah
I think the "ana" part is like you've mentioned earlier "onna."
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