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In an anime, 龍ヶ嬢七々々 is pronounced as りゅうがじょう ななな. I'm wondering why 七々々 is
prounounced as ななな, since 七 is なな, and there are two repeat signs.

Is this some sort of special case where 七 is prounounced as just な and hence
with the two repeat signs becomes ななな? Or am I missing something?

Thanks.
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Pronunciation of 七々々 in this name?
Many kanji dictionaries list name readings separate from 音 and 訓 readings.
When I look up 七 in 新漢語林, I see the following readings listed under names:

> かず  
>  しち  
>  **な**  
>  なな

So yes, I think in this case each one is read な, although _most_ of the time
outside of names it is not read as simply な, and it may not always be read
that way inside a name, either.
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