Hyphenation of gibbon

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word gibbon? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of gibbon:

1.	English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
2.	Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail Of southern Asia and East Indies

Synonyms of gibbon:

noun	Gibbon, Edward Gibbon, historian, historiographer
noun	Hylobates lar, lesser ape

Last hyphenations of this language

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