See Persepolis on Wiktionary
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"word": "পার্সেপলিস্"
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"word": "Персеполис"
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"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "波斯波利斯"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "პერსეპოლისი"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "Περσέπολη"
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"word": "Περσέπολις"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "פרספוליס"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"roman": "parsepolis",
"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "पर्सेपोलिस"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "Perszepolisz"
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "Persepoli"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"word": "ペルセポリス"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"roman": "Pereusepolliseu",
"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "페르세폴리스"
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"word": "Persepolis"
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"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "Persibulis"
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"word": "𐭮𐭲𐭮𐭲𐭥𐭭𐭩"
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"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
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"code": "tg",
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"word": "Тахти Ҷамшед"
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