In my copy, there is a footnote on the first page in Chapter 1 which explains how the name is pronounced. It reads as follows:
"The Bohemian name Antonia is strongly accented on the first syllable, like the English name Anthony, and the i is, of course, given the sound of long e. The name is pronounced An'-ton-ee-ah."
*Cather, Willa. My Antonia. 2004. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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