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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| chieftaincy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| headmen | /x  | Noun  | 
| tribe | /  | Noun  | 
| precolonial | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| cacique | x/  | Noun  | 
| polities | /xx  | Noun  | 
| tribal | /x  | Adjective  | 
| clan | /  | Noun  | 
| longhouse | /x  | Noun  | 
| warlord | /x  | Noun  | 
| swidden | /x  | Noun  | 
| landholding | /xx  | Noun  | 
| clansmen | /x  | Noun  | 
| village | /x  | Noun  | 
| principality | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| tributary | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| kingdom | /x  | Noun  | 
| monarchy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| command | x/  | Noun  | 
| government | /xx  | Noun  | 
| crown | /  | Noun  | 
| throne | /  | Noun  | 
| principate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| rulership | /xx  | Noun  | 
| subject | x/  | Noun  | 
| lordship | /x  | Noun  | 
| duchy | /x  | Noun  | 
| dominion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| governorship | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| reign | /  | Noun  | 
| headship | /x  | Noun  | 
| municipality | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| prefecture | /xx  | Noun  | 
| head of state | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| supremacy | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| top brass | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| empire | /xx  | Noun  | 
| leadership | /xx  | Noun  | 
| commonwealth | /xx  | Noun  | 
| domination | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| state | /  | Noun  | 
| crown colony | //xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| hierarchy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| chapter | /x  | Noun  | 
| shogunate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| province | /x  | Noun  | 
| estate | x/  | Noun  | 
| jurisdiction | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| dictatorship | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| captaincy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| regime | x/  | Noun  | 
| court | /  | Noun  | 
| imperium | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| honor | /x  | Noun  | 
| realm | /  | Noun  | 
| mandate | /x  | Noun  | 
| administration | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| grand duchy | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| ministry | /xx  | Noun  | 
| confederacy | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| wardship | /x  | Noun  | 
| tswana | /x  | Adjective  | 
| mende | /x  | Name  | 
| tongan | /x  | Adjective  | 
| paramount | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| rethinking | x/x  | Verb  | 
| polynesian | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| conical | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| neighbouring | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| hawaii | x/x  | Name  | 
| archaeology | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| neighboring | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| district | /x  | Noun  | 
| founder | /x  | Noun  | 
| centralized | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| centered | /x  | Verb  | 
| rule | /  | Verb  | 
| societies | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| emergence | x/x  | Noun  | 
| complex | /x  | Adjective  | 
| boundaries | /xx  | Noun  | 
| territory | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| narrative | /xx  | Noun  | 
| band | /  | Noun  | 
| consisting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| founded | /x  | Verb  | 
| powerful | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| organization | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| inhabitants | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| origins | /xx  | Noun  | 
| independent | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| capital | /xx  | Noun  | 
| whole | /  | Noun  | 
| organized | /xx  | Verb  | 
| advanced | x/  | Adjective  | 
| archaic | x/x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| austria | /xx  | Name  | 
| barrio | /xx  | Noun  | 
| beneficiary | xx/xxx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| canton | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cloth | /  | Noun  | 
| commune | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| compound | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| conformist | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| county | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| diocesan | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| emirates | /xx  | Name  | 
| european | xx/x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| federated | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| head | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| headquarters | /xx  | Noun  | 
| hierarchic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| individuated | xx/xxx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| local | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| parish | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| parishes | /xx  | Noun  | 
| pueblo | /x  | Noun  | 
| township | /x  | Noun  | 
| oh | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| maypole | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| girly | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| headlines | /x  | Noun  | 
| expression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| vernacular | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| literally | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| closet | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| standard | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| dialect | /xx  | Noun  | 
