Message: "Pron. of Ligia" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Pron. of Ligia

by Haven (guest)

1/26/2007, 9:27 AM

There was a girl in my class last night named this. She pron. it lee-HE-a. I'd never heard it before - and she repeated it often enough that I'm sure. (I also asked her how to spell it)

Anyone know about this?

#Ligia #pronunciation

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- Haven (guest)

1/27/2007, 12:10 PM

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear enough

I know the name, mainly from Edgar Allan Poe. I'd just never heard that pron. of it!

- Profe Esteban +4

1/26/2007, 3:41 PM

It's a greek name, means "melodious" and is a character in Sienkiewicz's novel: Quo Vadis?. Vinicius, her lover boy, says "... her family calls her Ligia, because she was born in the country of the Ligians..." Ligians was an old germanic civilization.

- Soul (guest) +3

1/27/2007, 4:06 AM

Quo Vadis...

Which translation are you refering to? I've read the book in Finnish (four or five times...) and her name is spelled Lygia in that edition. Do you know whether it's Lygia or Ligia in the original Polish version?

- Lumia +1

1/27/2007, 7:03 AM

The original Polish version of the name is Ligia. You can check at: http://univ.gda.pl/~literat/quovadis/index.htm (the Polish text on-line).

- Soul (guest)

1/27/2007, 7:06 AM

Thanks! :-)

- Profe Esteban (guest)

1/27/2007, 5:42 AM

Sorry, Soul... forgot to tell I'm in Argentina and I read the spanish version, a long time ago... Anyway, in Spanish, the pronunciation is LEE-hee-ah.

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

1/26/2007, 10:03 AM

With that pronunciation, she is probably of Hispanic descent.

Ligia is found in Diccionario de Nombres de Personas by Jose Albaiges Olivart, where it says that it's from Greek Lygios, meaning "flexible, docile", or Lygys, meaning "melodious".

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