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northwestern

How many syllables in northwestern?

  3 syllables

Divide northwestern into syllables:   north-west-ern
Primary syllable stress:   north-west-ern
Secondary syllable stress:   north-west-ern
How to say northwestern:

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What rhymes with northwestern

2 syllables
  • wester
  • western
3 syllables
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