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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Lê is a common Vietnamese surname (third most common), written 黎 in Chữ Hán.It is pronounced /le˧˧/ in the Hanoi dialect and /lej˧˧/ in the Saigon dialect.It is usually pronounced /liː/ in English, with it being commonly mistaken for another surname, with similar spelling and pronunciation in English, Lý.
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use. This can only be achieved by giving up scope and freedom from occasional ambiguity.
Normally, pronunciation is given only for the subject of the article in its lead section. For non-English words and names, use the pronunciation key for the appropriate language. If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one.
Alana, one of Ariel’s sisters in The Little Mermaid franchise; Alana Bloom, in the TV series Hannibal; Alana from the Saga comic book series; Alanna, an inhabitant of the planet Rann in American comic books published by DC Comics; Alana Fitzgerald, a character in the Family Guy episode, All About Alana. Alhana Starbreeze, character in ...
"People pronounce my name many different ways. Let #KidsForKamala show you how it’s done," she wrote in the original tweet, from May 2016. It's just a short video, less than 20 seconds, but it ...
The Jinwi Lee clan is based on the old names of Jinwi-gun, the current Gyeonggi Province, Pyeongtaek-si, and Jinwi-myeon. The Jinwi Lee clan involved in political education for the royal family and served as an adviser to the king and teacher to the crown prince for generations of Goryeo Dynasty. The Jinwi clan is a family that turned out six ...
Li or Lee (; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [2] Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, [ 3 ] and more than 100 million in Asia. [ 4 ]