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My boyfriend's favourite name, the name that he wants to name the first daughter that comes along in his life, is Llueva. Apparently it is Spanish for rain. (Now, I have only taken Spanish 101 so I haven't learned weather words yet, but I'll take his word for it, he heard it on a vacation to Mexico. :P)

What I do know is that there are many different dialects of Spanish and the double l is pronounced differently everywhere you go. Sometimes it has a jy sound, others just y, and sometimes a ly sound. He prefers the latter.
So it is pronounced, essentially, Lou-ava.

WDYT? I don't really feel strongly one way or the other about it.