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hippopotamus

How many syllables in hippopotamus?

  297143586 syllables

Divide hippopotamus into syllables:   hip-po-pot-a-mus
Primary syllable stress:   hip-po-pot-a-mus
Secondary syllable stress:   hip-po-pot-a-mus
How to pronounce hippopotamus:   hip-uh-pot-uh-mus
How to say hippopotamus:

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