name
Avicenna
av-ih-SEN-ah
ˌævɪˈsɛnəListen
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Syllable breakdown
Avicenna
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Latinised form of 'Ibn Sina'.
- Meaning
- Persian polymath (c.980–1037) who wrote the Canon of Medicine, which remained an authoritative medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries.
- Also spelled
- Ibn Sina
Common mispronunciations
AV-ih-senaah-vih-SEN-ah
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