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"Spanish feminine nouns",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish proper nouns",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish uncountable proper nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Electra"
],
"links": [
[
"Electra",
"Electra#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eˈleɡtɾa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[eˈleɣ̞.t̪ɾa]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɡtɾa"
}
],
"word": "Electra"
}
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