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"name": "pt-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese 2-syllable words",
"Portuguese 3-syllable words",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese feminine nouns",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese proper nouns",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from English",
"Portuguese terms derived from English",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English",
"Portuguese uncountable proper nouns",
"pt:Universities"
],
"glosses": [
"Harvard (university in Cambridge)"
],
"links": [
[
"Harvard",
"Harvard#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʁaʁ.vaʁ.d͡ʒi/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhaɦ.vaɦ.d͡ʒi]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʁaʁ.vaʁ.d͡ʒi/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhaɦ.vaɦ.d͡ʒi]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʁaɾ.vaɾ.d͡ʒi/",
"tags": [
"São-Paulo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhaɾ.vaɾ.d͡ʒi]",
"tags": [
"São-Paulo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʁaʁ.vaʁ.d͡ʒi/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈχaʁ.vaʁ.d͡ʒi]",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʁaɻ.vaɻ.de/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhaɻ.vaɻ.de]",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɾ.vɐɾd/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaɾ.vɐɾð]",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɾ.vɐɾd/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaɾ.vɐɾð]",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɾ.bɐɾd/",
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaɾ.βɐɾð]",
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "Harvard"
}
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