Answers.Body: <p><b>Short version:</b></p>
  
  <p>I think that your best bet is probably option 2: "kah EE suh" (similar to the pronunciation of "naïve"). The phonemes match the spelling correctly (particularly the umlauted ï in "Caïssa" [ref. 1]), and it fits with the tonal stressing of multiple Thracian-related [ref. 2] languages.</p>
  
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  <p><b>Long version:</b></p>
  
  <p>Historically, both Greek and and Turkish (largely Hittite and Assyrian influences, in Thracian times [ref.s 3 &amp; 4]) would appear to have likely had the strongest early influences.</p>
  
  <p>Satemization of the Thracian language [ref. 5] would indicate the initial “C” to <i>typically</i> be an “s” sound, though it seems that in the case of “Caïssa” it was more likely a “k” sound.</p>
  
  <p>Given the remnants of the Thracian language available to us [ref. 6], there seem to be insufficient data to ensure “correct” pronunciation.  Thracian words seem [to me] to be equally likely to be most closely related to Latin, Greek, and several Balto-Slavic languages.</p>
  
  <p>If Gottfried Schramm's derivation [ref. 7] is correct, then his Bessian-Albanian link would indicate that the “i” is indeed a “long e” (ï) sound [ref. 8].</p>
  
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  <p><b>References:</b></p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8F" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8F</a> </li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%AFssa" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%AFssa</a> </li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracians" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracians</a> </li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Prehistory_of_Anatolia_and_Eastern_Thrace" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Prehistory_of_Anatolia_and_Eastern_Thrace</a> </li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centum_and_satem_languages" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centum_and_satem_languages</a> </li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_language#Remnants_of_the_Thracian_language" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_language#Remnants_of_the_Thracian_language</a> </li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_language#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_language#cite_note-3</a> </li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language#Vowels" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language#Vowels</a> </li>
  </ol>
  
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Body: <p>I imagine that it might be pronounced:</p>
  <ol>
  <li><p>kye EE suh</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>kah EE suh</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>KAY suh</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>KYE suh.</p>
  </li>
  </ol>
  <p>Which is it? Or perhaps there is no established way and one shouldn't care too much.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Like [this question](http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/14661/how-to-pronounce-eval), this is probably off-topic because it is about (the English) language.
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Comments.Text: You are presumably asking about [Caïssa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%AFssa) (note the [tréma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_%28diacritic%29) which rules out 3) and 4)). Again better asked on http://english.stackexchange.com/ (and you should improve your question to explain who Caïssa is.
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Title: How do you pronounce Caissa?
ThreadText: # How do you pronounce Caissa?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-12)
  
  I imagine that it might be pronounced:
  
  1. kye EE suh
  2. kah EE suh
  3. KAY suh
  4. KYE suh.
  
  Which is it? Or perhaps there is no established way and one shouldn't care too much.
  
  **Tags:** terminology, pronunciation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Like [this question](http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/14661/how-to-pronounce-eval), this is probably off-topic because it is about (the English) language.  
  > **username_2**: You are presumably asking about [Caïssa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%AFssa) (note the [tréma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_%28diacritic%29) which rules out 3) and 4)). Again better asked on http://english.stackexchange.com/ (and you should improve your question to explain who Caïssa is.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-06-22. Score: 4
  
  **Short version:**
  
  I think that your best bet is probably option 2: "kah EE suh" (similar to the pronunciation of "naïve"). The phonemes match the spelling correctly (particularly the umlauted ï in "Caïssa" [ref. 1]), and it fits with the tonal stressing of multiple Thracian-related [ref. 2] languages.
  
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  **Long version:**
  
  Historically, both Greek and and Turkish (largely Hittite and Assyrian influences, in Thracian times [ref.s 3 & 4]) would appear to have likely had the strongest early influences.
  
  Satemization of the Thracian language [ref. 5] would indicate the initial “C” to *typically* be an “s” sound, though it seems that in the case of “Caïssa” it was more likely a “k” sound.
  
  Given the remnants of the Thracian language available to us [ref. 6], there seem to be insufficient data to ensure “correct” pronunciation. Thracian words seem [to me] to be equally likely to be most closely related to Latin, Greek, and several Balto-Slavic languages.
  
  If Gottfried Schramm's derivation [ref. 7] is correct, then his Bessian-Albanian link would indicate that the “i” is indeed a “long e” (ï) sound [ref. 8].
  
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  **References:**
  
  1. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8F>
  2. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%AFssa>
  3. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracians>
  4. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Prehistory_of_Anatolia_and_Eastern_Thrace>
  5. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centum_and_satem_languages>
  6. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_language#Remnants_of_the_Thracian_language>
  7. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_language#cite_note-3>
  8. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language#Vowels>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-06-12. Score: 1
  
  [How To Pronounce Caissa](https://www.howtopronounce.com/caissa/) Please listen to all the options to get a sense on how to pronounce casissa.
  
  
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