Alice is a female given name pronounced with two syllables, commonly ending in a light /s/ or /z/ sound depending on speaking style and dialect. In American and British speech, it typically stresses the first syllable and sounds like /ˈælɪs/ or /ˈælɪs/, with subtle vowel quality differences across regions. The name also appears as a proper noun in literature and discourse, sometimes used metaphorically to denote an archetypal young woman.
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