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Re: How is Kiana pronounced?

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

6/4/2006, 1:23 PM

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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- Jenna (Jenna R) +1

6/4/2006, 3:41 PM

Your idea about Kaiana is correct, but there would be an okina (') to seperate the vowels: "Kai'ana"

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

6/5/2006, 11:41 AM

Thank you!

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