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He-may-nuh.
I know a girl with this name, pronounced "sih-meena."
The Portuguese pronunciation is [shee-MEN-uh]
A dear friend of mine goes by this name, she tells me it is pronounced ZEE-mena.
Maybe that's how she pronounces it, but that is definitely not the pronunciation in Spanish.
It would nowadays be spelt "Jimena." In the Cid's day, it would have been pronounced "Shee-MEN-ah." It would now be pronounced "Khee-MEN-ah or "Hee-MEN-ah."

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