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Adriana Pronunciation
Adriana is pronounced ay-dree-A-nuh, IPA /ˌeɪdriˈænə/.
ay-dree-A-nuh
US /ˌeɪdriˈænə/
Syllables: ay · dree · A · nuh (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
proper noun (a female given name): A female given name from Italian and Spanish, familiar in English through Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors.
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Adriana in a Sentence
- Adriana teaches at the school by the river.
- We sat with Adriana and her cousins at dinner.
- Adriana appears in the first act of the play.
Common Mispronunciations of Adriana
Not uh-DREE-nuh
Four beats are needed, not three: ay, dree, A, nuh. Swallowing one of them loses the dree in the middle.
Not AY-dree-a-nuh
Pile the weight onto the third beat, A, which is the only loud one.
Tip: Spanish and Italian speakers open the name ah-dree-AH-nuh, and that reading is common in English too.
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