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Oligocene

How many syllables in Oligocene?

  4 syllables

Divide Oligocene into syllables:   Ol-i-go-cene
Stressed syllable in Oligocene:   Ol-i-go-cene
How to pronounce Oligocene:   ol-i-goh-seen
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