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papaya

How many syllables in papaya?

  3 syllables

Divide papaya into syllables:   pa-pa-ya
How to pronounce papaya:   puh-pah-yuh
How to say papaya:

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What rhymes with papaya

2 syllables
  • arayne
  • Maia
  • playa
  • Gaia
  • Maya
  • via
3 syllables
  • Aglaia
  • Elia
  • Mariah
  • Messiah
  • rupiah
  • araya
  • josiah
  • messiah
  • pariah
  • Thalia
4 syllables
  • Jeremiah
  • obadiah
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