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rural

How many syllables in rural?

  2 syllables

Divide rural into syllables:   ru-ral
Stressed syllable in rural:   ru-ral
How to pronounce rural:   roor-ul
How to say rural:

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Synonyms for rural


1 syllable
  • green
    2 syllables
    • farming
    • rustic
    3 syllables
    • bucolic
    • pastoral
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    What rhymes with rural

    2 syllables
    • crural
    • mural
    • plural
    • Ural
    • jural
    • neural
    • ura
    4 syllables
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