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syllable

Unit of pronunciation within a word, or as a monosyllabic word, made by a vowel or a combination of vowels and consonants. For example, the word ‘competition’ contains four syllables: ‘com/pe/ti/tion’.



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80) The use of "Babel" rather than "Babylon" in several translations of Psalm 137 (the Countess of Pembroke's quoted above, Edwin Sandys', and Wither's, for example) may echo the early "history" of the city in Genesis 11, though the disyllabic name may sometimes also just be a metrical convenience.
Psalm culture in the English renaissance: Readings of Psalm 137 by ... by Hamlin, Hannibal / Renaissance Quarterly
Women," on the other hand, is disyllabic and is stressed on its first syllable.
Its and It's and other Errors in Student Writing: A Confrontational ... by Craik, Roger / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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