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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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4 syllables
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    6 syllables
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