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octoroon

How many syllables in octoroon?

  3 syllables

Divide octoroon into syllables:   oc-to-roon
Primary syllable stress:   oc-to-roon
Secondary syllable stress:   oc-to-roon
How to pronounce octoroon:   ok-ter-oon
How to say octoroon:

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