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slaveholding

How many syllables in slaveholding?

  3 syllables

Divide slaveholding into syllables:   slave-hold-ing
Primary syllable stress:   slave-hold-ing
Secondary syllable stress:   slave-hold-ing
How to say slaveholding:

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