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"kolos" has 2 syllables: kol-os. It rhymes with tholos and dolos, if that helps it stick.
noun
“1942: As we came to this promenade [...] we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 660)”
Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Kolos" has 2 syllables: kol · os.
Kolos: A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.
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