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calico

How many syllables in calico?

  3 syllables

Divide calico into syllables:   cal-i-co
Stressed syllable in calico:   cal-i-co
How to pronounce calico:   kal-i-koh
How to say calico:

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What rhymes with calico

1 syllable
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    2 syllables
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    3 syllables
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    • CEO
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    • counterflow
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    • domino
    • embryo
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    • overthrow
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    • round window
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    • so-and-so
    • standing O
    • stereo
    • studio
    • tallyho
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    • Tokyo
    • touch-and-go
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    • undergo
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    • virago
    • zydeco
    • afterglow
    • alpenglow
    • art deco
    • audio
    • Bamako
    • bay window
    • bibelot
    • blow-by-blow
    • bone marrow
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    • Buffalo
    • bungalow
    • buteo
    • cameo
    • centimo
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    • cogito
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    • dynamo
    • entrepôt
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    • in escrow
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    • kakapo
    • little toe
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    • mistletoe
    • Monaco
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    • ovolo
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    • PPO
    • proximo
    • radio
    • ratio
    • Rochambeau
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    • saddlebow
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    • semipro
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    • tremolo
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    • ultimo
    • undertow
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