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I know a Dutch woman who is called Aya, it's pronounced AH-ya

I've always said it AY-a, but now I recall that few months back I was informed that Amaya (which I previously pronounced a-MAY-a) was properly pronounced a-mie-a in Japanese. So, I would tend to agree that ie-a was the proper Japanese pronunciation of Aya.

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*Japanese, like French, properly doesn't have emphasised syllables. If your accent forces emphases, I would say that a-MIE-a and IE-a would be the most appropriate way of saying these two names.

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Miranda
"Six hours later I still haven't done my homework, but I did come up with 245 name combos, seven of which I might name my child." — Modified LJ icon quote

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