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Pennsylvania

How many syllables in Pennsylvania?

  5 syllables

Divide Pennsylvania into syllables:   Penn-syl-va-ni-a
How to pronounce Pennsylvania:   Penn-sil-vay-nee-yah
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What rhymes with Pennsylvania

2 syllables
  • penna
    3 syllables
    • duena
      4 syllables
        5 syllables
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