How do you pronounce Amityville?

Am- itty-Ville. It literally means ( Town of Friendship) and a prominent religious order- the Dominicans, has a Mother House there. There are a number of other Tragic malaprops. the name of the family literally means- Of Faith. The name of the Mansion was the very upward- sounding High Hopes! ( I kid you not) One horrific night- the masquerade was over, in a bloodbath that rivaled Manson"s.