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transcontinental

How many syllables in transcontinental?

  5 syllables

Divide transcontinental into syllables:   trans-con-ti-nen-tal
Primary syllable stress:   trans-con-ti-nen-tal
Secondary syllable stress:   trans-con-ti-nen-tal
How to pronounce transcontinental:   trans-kon-tin-en-tl
How to say transcontinental:

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