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[Facts] Re: How is Kiana pronounced?
by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
6/4/2006, 1:23 PM
in reply to a message by Ylva
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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How is Kiana pronounced?  ·  Ylva  ·  6/3/2006, 5:45 PM
•Thank you all, Kee-AH-nah then  ·  Ylva  ·  6/5/2006, 4:12 AM
•Re: How is Kiana pronounced?  ·  Jenna  ·  6/4/2006, 3:40 PM
•Re: How is Kiana pronounced?  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/4/2006, 1:23 PM
•Re: How is Kiana pronounced?  ·  Jenna  ·  6/4/2006, 3:41 PM
•Thank you! (nt)  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/5/2006, 11:41 AM
•kee-AHN-ah is how I'd heard it pronounced, but  ·  Seiele  ·  6/4/2006, 12:40 AM
•I think it's kee-ah-nah. Not sure on stress, sorry. nt  ·  Miranda  ·  6/3/2006, 6:46 PM