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[Facts] Swedish pronunciation of Maia
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Caitlin
(earthnut)
9/15/2007, 3:30 PM
I have a Swedish ancestor born in 1829 in southern Sweden named
Maia
Lisa
. I always assumed the pronunciation was MIE-ah. Is this correct? Might it have been MAY-ah? Thanks!
#Maia
#pronunciation
#Swedish
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Caprice
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9/16/2007, 11:22 AM
Yup, it's pronounced MIE-ah. But it's an unusual spelling, it's usually spelled
Maja
in Sweden.
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Caitlin
(earthnut)
9/16/2007, 2:37 PM
it may have been
Maja
, and
Maia
was a transcription error, I don't know. Thanks!
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