Amelia Earhart is a celebrated American aviator and pioneer who vanished during an attempted solo flight across the Atlantic. The name combines the given names Amelia and the surname Earhart, used as a standard proper noun for a historic figure. In pronunciation, emphasize the first and second syllables of Amelia and the two-syllable surname Earhart, with attention to the American /ɪə/ or /ɪər/ sequence.
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