synaeresis

	When two syllables are contracted into one. A kind of metaplasm.

Examples
	When New Orleans is pronounced "Nawlins"
Related Figures
	Figures of Omission synaloepha Omitting one of two vowels which occur together at the end of one word and the beginning of another.
See Also
	Four Categories of Change: Subtraction

	Sources:	Susenbrotus (1540) 22-23; Peacham (1577) E3r

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Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University
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sin-air'-e-sis	Gr. “a drawing together, contraction”