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Question for Pavlos: How do you pronunce Acacia and Amarante in Greece? Are either of the names used today?Thanks!Siri
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Its been fun trading places with you :)Acacia is pronounced ah-kah-KEY-ah
Amarante is pronounced ah-MAH-ran-deeThese are pretty "religous" names, and one would be be more likely to encounter them in a monastery. I really have not met or heard of anyone with these names, although they very well may still me used on occasion. The male version of Acacia, Akakios, is sometimes encountered. An example is the Greek-Georgian Olympic weightlifting medalist Akakios "Kachi" Kachiasvili.
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Thanks!I had no idea they were religious, nor that they were pronunced that way.Elizabeth
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Oooops- Switch the Subject and Author around above.
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Lol!
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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