Ironically enough, it turns out that's exactly how I've always guessed how it was pronounced - a silent 'e' didn't seem right to me (and I'm often wrong when it comes to pronunciation - for instance I still pronounce 'Gridania' as Grid-Dan-yia instead of Grid-dahn-yia (with an emphasis on the 'a' pronounced how it's written as in 'dan', instead of emphasizing the 'a' as an 'r' sound is it turns out is how it's meant to be pronounced.

But then I'm Australian, so my funny dialect often causes trouble.)