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cilia

How many syllables in cilia?

  3 syllables

Divide cilia into syllables:   cil-i-a
Stressed syllable in cilia:   cil-i-a
How to pronounce cilia:   sil-ee-uh
How to say cilia:

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What rhymes with cilia

2 syllables
  • celia
  • delia
3 syllables
  • Amelia
  • cornelia
  • cecilia
  • ophelia
4 syllables
  • Cecelia
    6 syllables
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