See Manley on Wiktionary
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"ley"
]
}
],
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"lang_code": "jam",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"word": "Alexander Bustamante"
},
{
"word": "Michael Manley"
},
{
"word": "Norman Manley"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A surname; Manley."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
],
[
"Manley",
"Manley#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmanlɪ/"
}
],
"word": "Manley"
}
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