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ArchivesPronouncation of Amelia?
It is a Spanish, English and German name. It is a girls name. How do you pn it?
MG
MG
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I would say:
Spanish: ah-may-lya
English: ah-mee-lyuh
German: ah-may-lee-ah
Personally: ah-mee-lee-ah
Spanish: ah-may-lya
English: ah-mee-lyuh
German: ah-may-lee-ah
Personally: ah-mee-lee-ah
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In German "e" never makes an "ay" sound. It's ah-MEH-lee-ah, but most people are lazy and go with ah-MEHL-yah.
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ah-mee-lee-ah or ah-meel-yah
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Origin:
[Germanic] Meaning:
Work; effort; strain
Origin:
[Hebrew] Meaning:
Work of the Lord
Pronunciation:
(ah MEE lee ah); (ah MEEL yah)
fem. proper name, of Gmc. origin, lit. "laborious" (cf. O.N. ama "to trouble"), later assimilated with Roman gens name Aemilia
[Germanic] Meaning:
Work; effort; strain
Origin:
[Hebrew] Meaning:
Work of the Lord
Pronunciation:
(ah MEE lee ah); (ah MEEL yah)
fem. proper name, of Gmc. origin, lit. "laborious" (cf. O.N. ama "to trouble"), later assimilated with Roman gens name Aemilia
This message was edited 11/7/2008, 12:58 PM
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ah-MEE-lee-ah. but ah-MEEL-yah is good too.
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Spanish
[a'melja] (more or less, ah-MEH-lyah)
[a'melja] (more or less, ah-MEH-lyah)
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I pronounce it ah-MEHL-yah. I'm German.
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http://www.behindthename.com/name/amelia
This name has really grown on me. I pronounce it A-MEEL-ee-ah, but I know others who pronounce it A-MEEL-yah.
This name has really grown on me. I pronounce it A-MEEL-ee-ah, but I know others who pronounce it A-MEEL-yah.
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