How is Seine River pronounced?
What do Parisians call the Seine River?
At that time the river was called by it’s Latin name: Sequana. The river is still the chief commercial waterway and half of the water used in Paris still comes form the Seine.
How do you pronounce Rue de Seine?
ROO-DAH-SEN.
How do you say the name of the river that runs through Paris?
La Seine is the river that flows through Paris. Don’t say it like ‘sane’- you pronounce it ‘sehn’, not to sound like like a lucid mind-state. The southern bank of the Seine is referred to as La Rive Gauche, which means ‘the left bank’.
David Nilsen is the former editor of Fourth & Sycamore. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. You can find more of his writing on his website at davidnilsenwriter.com and follow him on Twitter as @NilsenDavid.