DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
gustavus
/ɡə'steɪvəs/ · ɡəsteɪvəs
Gustavus has 3 syllables: gus · ta · vus.
gus
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ta
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vus
03
noun. King of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950).
noun. King of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632).
noun. King of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560).
noun. King of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837).
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