See Antifa on Wiktionary
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian lemmas",
"Norwegian proper nouns",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Antifa"
],
"links": [
[
"Antifa",
"#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/anˈtifa/"
}
],
"word": "Antifa"
}
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