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Colosseum

How many syllables in Colosseum?

  4 syllables

Divide Colosseum into syllables:   Col-os-se-um
Primary syllable stress:   Col-os-se-um
Secondary syllable stress:   Col-os-se-um
How to pronounce Colosseum:   kol-uh-see-um
How to say Colosseum:

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