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How would you pronounce Oriana?
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We had a class reader at school, written in UK about UK characters, one of whom was an Oriana; we all spoke approximations of UK English and our teacher, who was toweringly incompetent but went on courses, said it was o-ree-AH-na; this seemed convincing and we never thought of anything else. Not saying it's right - just that it seemed so.
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or-ee-AH-na. I've met two or three Orianas and they're all pronounced like this.
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or-ee-AHN-uhLike the first two syllables of oriole + Ana.
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or-ee-AH-nuh
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ditto
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"or-ee-AHN-uh"
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or-ee-AN-a
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Yes, that's how I would say it also.
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I would say it just like "Oreo" but with the O changed to AH-na (rhyme Americana).
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I would pronounce it or-ee-AHN-na.
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or-ee-ah-nahBasically, Ariana with an 'o'.
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