Hyphenation of chieftaincy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word chieftaincy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

chief-tain-cy

Definitions of chieftaincy:

1.	The position of chieftain

Synonyms of chieftaincy:

noun	chieftainship, position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

Last hyphenations of this language

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