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Carboniferous

How many syllables in Carboniferous?

  5 syllables

Divide Carboniferous into syllables:   Car-bon-if-er-ous
Primary syllable stress:   Car-bon-if-er-ous
Secondary syllable stress:   Car-bon-if-er-ous
How to pronounce Carboniferous:   kahr-buh-nif-er-us
How to say Carboniferous:

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