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Actually I prefer the three syllables, less harsh.
Soft.
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In Welsh I believe it is pronounced Ahr-a-wen
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Not quite as "soft", but still not as harsh. Anyone here speak Welsh to confirm it all for us??? This may help: http://www.linguata.com/welsh/welsh-pronunciation-vowels.html
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I'm lost. I know that in Polish it's pronounced beutifully, with female suffix -a: Arwena [Ahr-we-nah]  By the way, my name is Ewelina [E-ve-lee-nah] and it is [e] at the beginning 
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On the Polish side of my family I had an aunt named
Eulalia, What does that mean, if anything??
And boy, was that difficult to say, at least for me:
Aunt Eulalia, which was required by our strict family
codes.
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Pronounced Youlayleeyuh? Gosh I wish I'd had an aunt with that name.
"Eulalia is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning "well-spoken". I bet she sang well as well.
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I don't know about her singing, she has long passed, but
she was very gentle. Yes, that is the pronunciation.
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I'm not Welsh but I think Arwyn would be pronounced with 2 syllables in Welsh: /arwɪn/
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so 'w' isn't *always a vowel in Welsh?
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