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cicada

How many syllables in cicada?

  3 syllables

Divide cicada into syllables:   ci-ca-da
Stressed syllable in cicada:   ci-ca-da
How to say cicada:

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What rhymes with cicada

2 syllables
  • Ada
  • maida
  • beda
  • Veda
3 syllables
  • armada
  • Granada
  • Haggadah
  • Masada
  • posada
  • reseda
  • zenaida
  • cicadae
  • Grenada
  • Jumada
  • panada
  • ramada
  • tostada
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