Hyphenation of shiva

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

shi-va

Definitions of shiva:

1.	(Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative The family is sitting shiva
2.	The destroyer One of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon

Synonyms of shiva:

noun	shivah, shibah, week, hebdomad
noun	Siva, Shiva, Hindu deity

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.