See Beja on Wiktionary
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},
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"pt:Beja District, Portugal",
"pt:Districts and autonomous regions of Portugal",
"pt:Places in Portugal"
],
"glosses": [
"Beja (a district in southern Portugal)"
],
"links": [
[
"Beja",
"Beja#English"
],
[
"district",
"district"
],
[
"Portugal",
"Portugal#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛ.ʒɐ/"
},
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"audio": "Pt-pt Beja FF.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Pt-pt_Beja_FF.ogg"
}
],
"word": "Beja"
}
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"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
"path": [
"Beja"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Beja",
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