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[Facts] How is Kiana pronounced?
It says that Kiana is a Hawaiian form of Diana. So it seems that it would rhyme with Diana then. Kie-ana?Though in many languages Diana is pronounced as Dee-ahna, so maybe Kee-ana?"But it’s all right now.
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You see you can’t please everyone
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Thank you all, Kee-AH-nah thenI have added this information in the database (though really I don't know if firsthand), just so that other people interested won't have to seach for it (I know that I did not understand to do so earlier)."But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Cleveland is correct; Kiana does not rhyme with "dai-ah-nah." The 'i' in Hawaiian is always an 'ee' sound. Thus, Kiana is pronounced 'kee-AH-nah.""Les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le coeur." -- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The "transliterations" of "English" names into Hawaiian ones don't necessarily preserve the vowel sounds of the original names. The pronunciation of Kiana in Hawaiian would be "kee-ah-nah". To get "Kye-ana" in Hawaiian I believe you'd have to use the spelling Kaiana.
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Your idea about Kaiana is correct, but there would be an okina (') to seperate the vowels: "Kai'ana""Les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le coeur." -- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Thank you!Thank you!
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kee-AHN-ah is how I'd heard it pronounced, butI came across an article stating it was kai-ANN-uh (as in Kiana, Alaska). According to that same article, Kiana means "a place where three rivers meet,” at least, it seems, for the Kobuk River Kowagmiut Inupiat Eskimos (see link below).http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Kiana&Data_Type=OverviewHope this helps.
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I think it's kee-ah-nah. Not sure on stress, sorry.
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