Message: "Ximena and Xanthe"

Ximena and Xanthe

by LMS

7/29/2008, 8:50 PM

I was wondering how the female Spanish name Ximena was pronounced? The comments on the site state is pronounced Hih-men-uh or Jih-men-uh. I was thinking it is pronounced Zhi-meen-uh. What is correct?

And what about Xanthe? I was under the impression it was pronounced Zan-th, but comments say it is pronounced Zan-the, Zan-thee or Zan-thay.

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#Xanthe #Ximena

This message was edited 7/29/2008, 8:53 PM

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- Loxandra (E.K.)

8/1/2008, 2:44 PM

I don't know about Ximena but Xanthe

is ksa-n-THI

- Swiff

7/31/2008, 5:58 AM

I knew a Ximena who did pronounce her name with a sound that does not exist in English. It did sound to me like a soft German "ch".

- Marija Luminitsa

7/30/2008, 2:23 AM

Ximena is pronounced hee-MEH-nah in Spanish.

Xanthe is (generally) pronounced ZAN-thee in English and it is KSAHN-thee in Greek.

- Anneza

7/29/2008, 10:44 PM

Xanthe, like other Greek names, sounds the -e at the end: think of the difference between Chloe and Joe! So, in English it'll be ZAN-thee with the th as in thistle. No doubt it's not quite like that in Greek.

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