How to pronounce Camellia?

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Pronunciation of Camellia in UK

Camellia should be pronounced "camellia" with the accent on the "mell" and not "cameelia" which is in common use. The word originates from the name of a German botanist in the 1700s - Georg Joseph Kamel. However, he wrote to an English naturalist, John Ray, and signed himself "G-J.Camelus" and John Ray then referred to him as Father Camelus. The Swedish botanist Linnaeus, commemorated the work of this skillful priest by publishing the generic name "camellia" in 1735. Hence the two pronunciations Camellia and Cameelia.



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Pronunciation of Camellia

Camellia is pronounced as k ae - m ee l - y uh

k is pronounced as k in key
ae is pronounced as a in at
m is pronounced as m in me
ee is pronounced as ee in see
l is pronounced as l in let
y is pronounced as y in yes
uh is pronounced as u in up


Camellia is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ k ae - m ee l - y uh ]

k ae - m ee l - y uh
key at   me see let   yes up


Type of Name:

First Name, Name of Flower

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Camellia

cam-EEL-ya



Type of Name:

First Name, Name of Flower

Gender:

Female


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