Priam

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I've only ever heard this name pronounced as PRY-uhm (to rhyme with "DRY-'em"), not PREE-uhm, even though PREE-uhm makes the best Greek phonetic sense. After seeing this site and a few posters stating that the pronunciation is PREE-uhm, I checked a handful of other sources- some online and some not- and all said PRY-uhm, not PREE-uhm. This name might be one of those ancient names like Boudicca that people can't agree on how to pronounce (and in her case, spell, too).
― iridian  8/27/2021
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It actually is an Albanian name, Pri-Prij and Am-Amë it means the leader of motherhood. Go check it on google translate!
― Arberia  5/28/2020
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To me, the name "Priam" is pronounced like: PREE-əm / PREE-uhm.
― Anonymous User  5/27/2017
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Priam also appears in Homer's 'The Odyssey'.
― Anonymous User  8/17/2013
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My university-level Greek textbook claims this name means "the ransomed one".
― New_Chloe  6/24/2011
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I like the Iliad character.
― bathos  12/30/2010
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Pronounced PREE-am.
― Aqua  11/21/2006
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