How many syllables in mahogany?

There are 4 syllables in the word mahogany.

How to pronounce mahogany:

mahogany (noun):: wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture.; the wood of any of various chiefly tropical trees (family meliaceae, the mahogany family); a wood similar to mahogany from a congeneric tropical american tree (especially s. macrophylla); the durable yellowish-brown to reddish-brown usually moderately hard and heavy wood of a west indian tree (swietenia mahagoni) that is widely used for cabinetwork and fine finish work

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