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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
  • cranky
  • hankey
  • hanky
  • skanky
  • frankie
  • hankie
  • lanky
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