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Turkey

How many syllables in Turkey?

  2 syllables

Divide Turkey into syllables:   Tur-key
Stressed syllable in Turkey:   Tur-key
How to pronounce Turkey:   Tur-kee
How to say Turkey:

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Synonyms for Turkey


1 syllable
  • bird
  • clown
  • flop
  • bomb
  • dud
  • fowl
2 syllables
  • chicken
  • failure
  • cold cuts
  • washout
3 syllables
  • fiasco
  • salami
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What rhymes with Turkey

2 syllables
  • birkie
  • jerky
  • perky
  • smirky
  • Turkey
  • birky
  • murky
  • quirky
  • turkey
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