How many syllables in saga?

There are 2 syllables in the word saga.

How to pronounce saga:

saga (noun):: a long story or series of events; a prose narrative recorded in iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of norway and iceland; a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account.

adventure story

anecdote

annals

autobiography

carry-on

catalogue of disasters

chain of events

chronicle

diary

epic

fable

fairy tale

history

legend

memoir

myth

narrative

novelette

novella

pantomime

performance

rigmarole

romance

soap opera

story

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