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ArchivesRe: does anyone know a name pronounced sil-EH-nuh? (m)
in reply to a message by dorothy
As a Dutch person, the pronunciation would make me want to write it as either Cilene or Silene. It turns out that the latter is the name of a type of plant in not only Dutch, but also English:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene
I guess most English speakers would pronounce the plant's name as sie-LEEN, though.
Cilene is also an actual name, by the way. The English Wikipedia has articles about two Brazilian women with the name, namely Cilene Rocha (b. 1967) and Cilene Victor (b. 1968).
Forchta in biuonga quamon ouer mi, in bethecoda mi thuisternussi.
In ic quad: "uuie sal geuan mi fetheron also duuon, in ic fliugon sal in raston sal?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene
I guess most English speakers would pronounce the plant's name as sie-LEEN, though.
Cilene is also an actual name, by the way. The English Wikipedia has articles about two Brazilian women with the name, namely Cilene Rocha (b. 1967) and Cilene Victor (b. 1968).
In ic quad: "uuie sal geuan mi fetheron also duuon, in ic fliugon sal in raston sal?"
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There is a Sicilian-Greek name Silenos (m) Σιληνός, possibly derived from Σειληνός, a figure of mythology, Silene Σειληνέ is the vocative/feminine form.
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Cilene may be pronounced CHiLehNAy though. Seems widespread in Argentina and Brazil.
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It would be see-LEH-neh in Spanish and see-LEH-nee in Brazilian Portuguese.
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Thank you for the help!
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