See BU on Wiktionary
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbe.u/"
}
],
"word": "BU"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "Latn"
},
"expansion": "Latn",
"name": "mul-symbol/script"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"10": "",
"2": "symbol",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "or",
"6": "",
"7": "or",
"8": "",
"9": "or",
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"f3lang": "en",
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"f4lang": "en",
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"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"head4": "",
"image": "",
"nolinkhead": "",
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"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "BU",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "BU",
"name": "mul-symbol"
}
],
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"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "symbol",
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{
"categories": [
"ISO 3166-1 alpha-2",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"Translingual lemmas",
"Translingual symbols",
"Translingual terms with obsolete senses",
"Translingual terms with redundant script codes",
"mul:Myanmar"
],
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"Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Burma from 1974 to 1989."
],
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[
"ISO 3166-1",
"w:ISO 3166-1"
],
[
"alpha-2",
"w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
],
[
"country code",
"country code#English"
],
[
"Burma",
"Myanmar#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "international standards",
"raw_glosses": [
"(international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Burma from 1974 to 1989."
],
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{
"word": "BUR"
},
{
"word": "MM"
}
],
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"obsolete"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Myanmar"
]
}
],
"word": "BU"
}
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