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[Facts] How do you pronounce Alana?
Anyone know the correct pronunciation?
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I say a-LAN-a.
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In Australia it's a-LAH-na.
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I don't think there is one "correct" pronunciation, at least in American English. I have known women with this name who pronounced the middle syllable to rhyme with "Dan", and others who rhyme it with "Don". (That's the middle American pronunciation of Don, like "Dahn".)
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i think it's pronounced a-LAI-na
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I've never run across someone who pronounced it that way, but it certainly would be possible according to the rules of English spelling. I'd advise someone who wanted that pronunciation to use a spelling like Alayna or Alaina, though.
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