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Help[Opinions] Re: Nikaia
in reply to a message by Lily8
Not pronounced the same at all. Nicaea is pronounced "Nice-ee-a" and Nikaia has a hard k sound. The Council of Nicaea was an important historical thing so it would be weird if you pronounced it in your own way.
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Do you speak Greek? Because in Greek Nicaea is always spelled with a Greek letter that looks like our K, Νίκαιας.
I just looked it up in my dictionary and it says nee-KEH-ah, for both Nikaia and Nicaea, which is also spelled Nikea and seems to be the same name.
I bet Nice-ee-a is an English pronunciation as it doesn't sound Greek to me at all. Do you have a source where you got your information from? Just interested.
I just looked it up in my dictionary and it says nee-KEH-ah, for both Nikaia and Nicaea, which is also spelled Nikea and seems to be the same name.
I bet Nice-ee-a is an English pronunciation as it doesn't sound Greek to me at all. Do you have a source where you got your information from? Just interested.
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Nicaea is pronounced nie-see-ah in English. That's what happens when we use Latinized spellings. Pronunciations can get drastically changed, but that sadly seems to happen with tons of Greek names in English.
This message was edited 3/25/2009, 10:56 PM
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