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Yankee

How many syllables in Yankee?

  2 syllables

Divide Yankee into syllables:   Yan-kee
Stressed syllable in Yankee:   Yan-kee
How to pronounce Yankee:   yang-kee
How to say Yankee:

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What rhymes with Yankee

2 syllables
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  • hankey
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  • hankie
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