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self-government

How many syllables in self-government?

  4 syllables

Divide self-government into syllables:   self-gov-ern-ment
Primary syllable stress:   self-gov-ern-ment
Secondary syllable stress:   self-gov-ern-ment
How to say self-government:

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Synonyms for self-government


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