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[Facts] Ksenia/Xenia
Regarding the name:KSENIA f Polish
Polish form of XENIAhow would you pronounce it?Thanks.
Gwenhwyfar
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It is greak, meaning traveler
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Pronunciation in Russia and SwedenHi Gwenhwyfar,the pronunciation in Russia is:ksen-yah (stress on the first syllable)the pronunciation in Sweden is the same or alternativelykseh-nee-yah (stress on the first syllable as well)Regards, Satu
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Wow! Thanks, Satu! Tell me something. How would you pronounce the "ks" together? Is the "k" silent?
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No, it isn't silent!Hi again Gwenhwyfar!KS is pronounced just like X in the word "six", so the K isn't silent. Ksenia is just a "spelling" variation of Xenia not a "pronunciation" variation.Satu
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OkayOK. I used to think that Xenia was pronounced "zen-ya." Yes, I know. Xenia is the Polish version of Ksenia.
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please, give some cultural details. Here in Essex i'd pronounce it Ts-ayniuh, but i've never heard it.
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It's a Polish name, but I think it might be Swedish or Russian too.
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where you want the pronunciation from. for all i know the pronunciation in essex and warsaw could be very different.
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Well, the person I know who has this name was born in Russia but now lives in Sweden, so one of those would be fine.
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where did the name Ksenia come from? what is the story behind the name?
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where did the name Ksenia come from? what is the story behind the name?
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