DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
mafia
/'mɑfiə/ · mɑfiə
Mafia has 3 syllables: ma · fi · a.
ma
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fi
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a
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noun. Any tightly knit group of trusted associates.
noun. A crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia.
noun. A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century.
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