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Re: the origin and pronounication of the name
by LadyBug18
10/28/2005, 10:58 AM
in reply to a message by knowknow
It actually sound like Fauna the name of a Roman goddess of fertility. It's pronounced fawn-ah and Fonna is propably just a mispelling of that name. The term "Flora and Fauna" is used as a term for plants and flowers especially in English poetry. Flora meaning flowers and Fauna meaning forest or plants.So Fonna probably means the same thing as Fauna.
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- knowknow   +1
10/28/2005, 5:37 PM
It's great. Thank you very much for the information. That's why I cannot find it in any language cause I made a misspelling mistake. But I just add one question, is the pronounciation of "ah" equal to "na" or ......great thanks!
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- Bear (guest)
10/28/2005, 6:50 PM
Fauna is pronounced "FAH-nuh."
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