How to pronounce 'Jelena'?

[annew]

What is the correct way to pronounce this Hamamelis' name? I am guessing that it is not jell (as in jelly) EEEna.
The RHS says:
It was named in 1954 by Robert de Belder after his wife - the de Belder family of Belgium are responsible for many Hamamelis cultivars.
Can one of our Belgian friends put me right?

[Michael J Campbell]

Can one of our Belgian friends put me right?

Anne, your are always  Wright (right) 

[John Aipassa]

 Anne, I am not from Belgium, but farther up north, but it is pronounced

   "yaylaynaah"

[Rick R.]

With no accented syllable (?)

[John Aipassa]

Rick,
The accent is on the second syllable.


         YayLAYnaah

[WimB]

Lol,

it's a name from The Netherlands, we would pronounce it a little bit different in Flanders (never heard that name over here though)...John from The Netherlands says Yaylaynaah we would say Yalaynaah

[John Aipassa]

In some parts in The Netherlands the pronounciation is like your's Wim. So even in a relatively small area you'll get differences  .

Wasn't Jelena de Belder-Kovacic originally from Zagreb? We must ask some Croatian members how to pronounce her name correctly   

[WimB]

In some parts in The Netherlands the pronounciation is like your's Wim. So even in a relatively small area you'll get differences  .

Wasn't Jelena de Belder-Kovacic originally from Zagreb? We must ask some Croatian members how to pronounce her name correctly   

Yeah, I know...loads of dialects in the small Dutch-speaking areas...actually I would be interested to hear how a Croatian would pronounce her name! 

[annew]

Michael, you are naughty! Everyone else - Yaylaynaah it is unless someone gives me the croatian version! Thank You!

[Michael J Campbell]