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"a township municipality of Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada"
],
"links": [
[
"Les Laurentides",
"Les Laurentides#English"
],
[
"Laurentides",
"Laurentides#English"
],
[
"Quebec",
"Quebec#English"
],
[
"Canada",
"Canada#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/a.mœʁst/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-œʁst"
}
],
"word": "Amherst"
}
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