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[Facts] lorelei - how do you pronounce?
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spunk
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2/25/2004, 1:04 AM
could someone pls tell me how to pronounce lorelei? i believe it is japenese, in origin. and it is a female name. thanks!!!
#pronunciation
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Miranda
(Randee15)
2/25/2004, 3:11 AM
LORELEI
f Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: lor-e-LIE, LOR-e-lie
From a Germanic name meaning "ambush cliff". In Germanic legend
Lorelei
was a siren who lured sailors on the Rhine
River
to their deaths.
Miranda
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