Xi-xi-li-a

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Italian Sicilia. The Italian phoneme /tʃ/ is generally rendered as the Vietnamese letter ⟨x⟩ and phoneme /s/, as if the Italian letter ⟨c⟩ was supposed to be pronounced like a "soft c" in French. Compare Phi-bô-na-xi (“Fibonacci”). French also influences how German names are rendered in Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [si˧˧ si˧˧ li˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɪj˧˧ sɪj˧˧ lɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sɪj˧˧ sɪj˧˧ lɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: xi xi li a

Proper noun

Xi-xi-li-a

1. Sicily

Synonyms

• Xi-xin