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# How to pronounce Llama vs LlamaIndex

Meta's LLM Llama is "LAH-muh" — the animal. LlamaIndex (formerly GPT Index) is the RAG framework, also "LAH-muh-INDEX." Same leading word, different scopes.

LLaMA /ˈlɑːmə/ — llama
LlamaIndex /ˈlɑːməˌɪndɛks/ — llama index

## Side-by-side

| LLaMA | LlamaIndex
--- | --- | ---
IPA | `/ˈlɑːmə/` | `/ˈlɑːməˌɪndɛks/`
Respelling | llama | llama index
Category | product | product
Confidence | community-consensus | community-consensus

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