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},
"expansion": "Vela ?",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Vela ?",
"name": "es-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Vela (constellation)"
],
"links": [
[
"Vela",
"Vela#Spanish"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Spanish surnames"
],
"glosses": [
"a surname"
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"word": "Vela"
}
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