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legitimacy

How many syllables in legitimacy?

  5 syllables

Divide legitimacy into syllables:   le-git-i-ma-cy
Stressed syllable in legitimacy:   le-git-i-ma-cy
How to pronounce legitimacy:   li-jit-uh-muh-see
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