See Liam on Wiktionary
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"2": "en",
"3": "Liam"
},
"expansion": "English Liam",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "ga",
"3": "Liam"
},
"expansion": "Irish Liam",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "proper noun"
},
"expansion": "Liam",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian given names",
"Norwegian lemmas",
"Norwegian male given names",
"Norwegian proper nouns",
"Norwegian terms borrowed from English",
"Norwegian terms derived from English",
"Norwegian terms derived from Irish",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name of modern usage"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "en",
"3": "Liam"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ga",
"3": "Liam"
},
"expansion": "Irish Liam",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From English Liam in the 20th century, from Irish Liam.",
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{
"form": "Liams",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "genitive",
"4": "Liams",
"g": "c",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Liam c (genitive Liams)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "Liam c (genitive Liams)",
"name": "sv-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish given names",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish male given names",
"Swedish proper nouns",
"Swedish terms borrowed from English",
"Swedish terms derived from English",
"Swedish terms derived from Irish"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name of modern usage"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q9027_%28swe%29-Moonhouse-Liam.wav/LL-Q9027_%28swe%29-Moonhouse-Liam.wav.mp3",
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}
],
"word": "Liam"
}
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