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[Facts] Pronunciation Aine? Irish I think...girls name.
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awn-yah (amongst the Irish people I know, at least :) )n
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Áine - (AN-yuh or AW-ne) from Old Irish aine "brilliance, wit, splendor, glory"; "joy", "brightness", "fasting", "praise", or "radiance". In legend, Aine was the daughter of Fer I (Man of the Yew) and the traditional name of the queen of fairies of south Munster, an important and varied role in Celtic mythology; was believed to dwell at the place now called Knockany (Cnoc Aine, "Aine's Hill"). Also used as an Irish form of Aina, Anne.
from http://www.crosswinds.net/~daire/names/celtirishfem.html
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awn-a, or anya.
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