See Shire on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "English and Irish surname, from shire.",
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]
}
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},
{
"kind": "place",
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"name": "Rivers in Malawi",
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"parents": [
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"Places"
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},
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},
{
"_dis": "13 7 80",
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"name": "Terms with Chichewa translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 9 57",
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"parents": [],
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],
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"A placename",
"A river in Malawi and Mozambique"
],
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"river",
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],
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"Malawi",
"Malawi#English"
],
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"Mozambique#English"
]
],
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"A placename",
"(with the) A river in Malawi and Mozambique"
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"with the"
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{
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"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"sense": "river",
"tags": [
"class-3"
],
"word": "Mtsinje wa Shire"
},
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"lang_code": "ny",
"sense": "river",
"word": "Shire"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100",
"code": "yao",
"lang": "Yao",
"lang_code": "yao",
"sense": "river",
"word": "Lusulo lwa Shire class 11"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "Shire"
}
{
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{
"form": "Shíre",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
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{
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"Shire (a river in Malawi)"
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],
[
"river",
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]
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{
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"translation": "Shire River",
"word": "Mtsinje wa Shire"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃí.ɽe/"
}
],
"word": "Shire"
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"translation": "Shire River",
"word": "Mtsinje wa Shire"
}
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"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa proper nouns",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Pages with entries",
"Requests for gender in Chichewa entries",
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"ny:Rivers in Malawi"
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],
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]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈʃí.ɽe/"
}
],
"word": "Shire"
}
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable",
"Terms with Chichewa translations",
"Terms with Yao translations"
],
"etymology_text": "English and Irish surname, from shire.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Shires",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "s"
},
"expansion": "Shire (plural Shires)",
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
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],
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"A surname."
],
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[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A placename"
],
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[
"placename",
"placename"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Malawi",
"en:Places in Mozambique",
"en:Rivers in Malawi",
"en:Rivers in Mozambique"
],
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"A placename",
"A river in Malawi and Mozambique"
],
"links": [
[
"placename",
"placename"
],
[
"river",
"river"
],
[
"Malawi",
"Malawi#English"
],
[
"Mozambique",
"Mozambique#English"
]
],
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"A placename",
"(with the) A river in Malawi and Mozambique"
],
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"with the"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
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{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"sense": "river",
"tags": [
"class-3"
],
"word": "Mtsinje wa Shire"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"sense": "river",
"word": "Shire"
},
{
"code": "yao",
"lang": "Yao",
"lang_code": "yao",
"sense": "river",
"word": "Lusulo lwa Shire class 11"
}
],
"word": "Shire"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Shire meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Yao: 'Lusulo lwa Shire class 11', originally 'Lusulo lwa Shire class 11'",
"path": [
"Shire"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Shire",
"trace": ""
}
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