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volleyball

How many syllables in volleyball?

  3 syllables

Divide volleyball into syllables:   vol-ley-ball
Stressed syllable in volleyball:   vol-ley-ball
How to pronounce volleyball:   vol-ee-bawl
How to say volleyball:

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