How to pronounce APISIX
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APISIX is most commonly pronounced "ay pee eye six" (/ˌeɪ piː ˈaɪ sɪks/). This pronunciation is documented by the project itself (see GitHub — apache/apisix issue #1190, maintainer @membphis: "'6' is a lucky number in China, so we would like to call it `API SIX`").
Apache APISIX is a top-level Apache Software Foundation cloud-native API gateway and AI gateway, a peer of Kong, Traefik and Envoy. Despite looking like one word, it is spoken as two tokens: the letters A-P-I followed by the number six. Maintainer @membphis confirmed this on the project tracker, explaining that 6 is a lucky number in China — hence the name.
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How do you pronounce APISIX?
APISIX is pronounced "ay pee eye six" (/ˌeɪ piː ˈaɪ sɪks/). Apache APISIX is a top-level Apache Software Foundation cloud-native API gateway and AI gateway, a peer of Kong, Traefik and Envoy. Despite looking like one word, it is spoken as two tokens: the letters A-P-I followed by the number six. Maintainer @membphis confirmed this on the project tracker, explaining that 6 is a lucky number in China — hence the name. Source: GitHub — apache/apisix issue #1190, maintainer @membphis: "'6' is a lucky number in China, so we would like to call it `API SIX`".
What is the IPA for APISIX?
The IPA for APISIX is /ˌeɪ piː ˈaɪ sɪks/, respelled "ay pee eye six".
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