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],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m-in"
},
"expansion": "Mordor m inan",
"name": "pl-prop"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Mor‧dor"
],
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{
"args": {
"tantum": "s"
},
"name": "pl-decl-noun-m-in"
}
],
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"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Mordor (bleak realm ruled by the dark lord Sauron, in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth)"
],
"links": [
[
"Mordor",
"Mordor#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Mordor (area of peril, darkness, or evil)"
],
"links": [
[
"Mordor",
"Mordor#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) Mordor (area of peril, darkness, or evil)"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish colloquialisms",
"Polish derogatory terms",
"Polish terms with quotations",
"Warsaw Polish"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013, Nie sloik, “Re: \"Leming jedzie na Służewiec ściśnięty w pozyc...”, in Forum Gazeta.pl",
"roman": "I agree with the others - mass transit to Służewiec is nightmarish. The unoffical name of this region has been for some time Mordor.",
"text": "A z resztą zgoda - dojazd zbiorkomem jest na Służewiec koszmarny. Nieoficjalna nazwa tej okolicy to od jakiegoś czasu Mordor.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"office complexes on Domaniewska street in Służewiec, a district of Warsaw"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"Służewiec",
"Służewiec"
],
[
"Warsaw",
"Warsaw"
]
],
"qualifier": "Warsaw",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, derogatory, Warsaw) office complexes on Domaniewska street in Służewiec, a district of Warsaw"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"derogatory",
"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɔr.dɔr/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔrdɔr"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"J. R. R. Tolkien",
"Middle-earth",
"Mordor",
"Sauron"
],
"word": "Mordor"
}
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