How to pronounce Mérida?

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Pronunciation of Mérida in UK

Mérida is pronounced as

MUR-it-a


Mérida is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ MUR-it-a ]

Language:

Scotland

Gender:

Female

Alternate Spelling(s):

Mereta

Additional Information:

Popularized by the Disney Movie Brave


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Pronunciation of Mérida in US

   Slow



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Pronunciation of Mérida in Oregon, USA

'MARE'-ah-duh


Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Latin, Spanish

Gender:

Female

Additional Information:

Internet searches for first name returns a meaning of "One who has achieved a high place of honor". As a place name, it appears to come from the name of small village "to the south of" a larger town. There are a few towns in Spain and Mexico that go by Merida, and according to the SurnameDB, there are some individuals in the 15th and 17th centuries that took Merida as their last name.
Recently the Pixar movie Brave featured a Scottish princess named Merida. There is no historic record of the name Merida in Scottish history, although the name does seem to fit in. It was the movie Brave that introduced me to this name, and I ended up choosing it for my new daughter.


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Pronunciation of Mérida in Oregon, USA

Mérida is pronounced as

m aa r eh aa d uh

m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
aa sounds like the 'a' in 'car'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
eh sounds like the 'e' in 'pet'
d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'


Mérida is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ m aa r eh aa d uh ]

m aa r eh aa d uh
me car rat pet car do up

Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Latin, Spanish

Gender:

Female

Additional Information:

Internet searches for first name returns a meaning of "One who has achieved a high place of honor". As a place name, it appears to come from the name of small village "to the south of" a larger town. There are a few towns in Spain and Mexico that go by Merida, and according to the SurnameDB, there are some individuals in the 15th and 17th centuries that took Merida as their last name.
Recently the Pixar movie Brave featured a Scottish princess named Merida. There is no historic record of the name Merida in Scottish history, although the name does seem to fit in. It was the movie Brave that introduced me to this name, and I ended up choosing it for my new daughter.


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Pronunciation of Mérida

Mérida is pronounced as

M AI R - d ee

m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
ai sounds like the 'ai' in 'pain'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'


Mérida is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ M AI R - d ee ]

M AI R - d ee
me pain rat   do see

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Pronunciation of Mérida

Mérida is pronounced as

Mare-ree-dah


Mérida is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ Mare-ree-dah ]

Type of Name:

Name

Language:

English


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Pronunciation of Mérida in Mexico

   Slow

The Mexican pronunciation of Mérida is

mai·ree·daa  

m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
ai sounds like the 'ai' in 'pain'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
aa sounds like the 'a' in 'car'


Hindi/Devanagari transliteration:

The closest approximation of the Mexican pronunciation of 'Mérida' in Hindi/Devnagiri script is


मेरीदा

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Pronunciation of Mérida in UK

MUR-id-a


Language:

Scotland

Gender:

Female

Alternate Spelling(s):

Mereta

Additional Information:

Popularized by the Disney Movie Brave


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Pronunciation of Mérida

Mare-dee, Mer-dee


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Pronunciation of Mérida

Mare-dee


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Pronunciation of Mérida

Mare-ree-dah


Type of Name:

Name

Language:

English


Comments: