How many syllables in gorilla?

There are 3 syllables in the word gorilla.

How to pronounce gorilla:

gorilla (noun):: largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa.; a very large typically black-colored anthropoid ape (gorilla gorilla) of equatorial africa that has a stocky body with broad shoulders and long arms and is less erect and has smaller ears than the chimpanzee

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