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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌsɛntɹ(ə)l ˈbæŋk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɛntɹəl ˈbæŋk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-central bank.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-central bank.wav Forms: central banks [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: From central (adjective) + bank (noun). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|central|bank<id:institution>}}, {{af|en|central|bank|notext=1|pos1=a|pos2=n|type=endocentric}} central (adjective) + bank (noun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} central bank (plural central banks)
  1. (banking) The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally implements monetary objectives by controlling interest rates, issuing currency, managing the national debt, overseeing banking and financial activities, and regulating the supply of money. Wikidata QID: Q66344 Synonyms: national bank, reserve bank Derived forms: central banker Related terms: fractional reserve banking Translations (principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union): sentrale bank (Afrikaans), banka qendrore (Albanian), ማዕከላዊ ባንክ (maʿkälawi bank) (Amharic), بَنْك مَرْكَزِيّ (english: bank markaziyy) [masculine] (Arabic), կենտրոնական բանկ (english: kentronakan bank) (Armenian), bancu central [masculine] (Asturian), mərkəzi bank (Azerbaijani), banku zentral (Basque), цэнтра́льны банк (centrálʹny bank) [masculine] (Belarusian), কেন্দ্রীয় ব্যাংক (kendriẏo bêṅko) (Bengali), bangko sentral (Bikol Central), централна банка (centralna banka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), banc central [masculine] (Catalan), 中央銀行 /中央银行 (zhōngyāng yínháng) (Chinese Mandarin), centrální banka [feminine] (Czech), centralbank [common-gender] (Danish), centrale bank [feminine] (Dutch), centra banko (Esperanto), keskpank (Estonian), miðbanki [masculine] (Faroese), keskuspankki (Finnish), banque centrale [feminine] (French), banco central [masculine] (Galician), ცენტრალური ბანკი (cenṭraluri banḳi) (Georgian), Zentralbank [feminine] (German), Notenbank [feminine] (German), κεντρική τράπεζα (kentrikí trápeza) [feminine] (Greek), בנק מרכזי (bank merkazí) [masculine] (Hebrew), केंद्रीय बैंक (kendrīya baiṅk) [masculine] (Hindi), jegybank (Hungarian), központi bank (Hungarian), seðlabanki [masculine] (Icelandic), centrala banko (Ido), bank sentral (Indonesian), banc ceannais [masculine] (Irish), banca centrale [feminine] (Italian), 中央銀行 (chūō ginkō) (alt: ちゅうおうぎんこう) (Japanese), ಕೇಂದ್ರಿಯ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ (kēndriya byāṅk) (Kannada), орталық банк (english: ortalyq bank) (Kazakh), ធនាគារកណ្ដាល (thônéakéarkândal) (Khmer), 중앙은행 (jung'ang'eunhaeng) (Korean), ທະນາຄານກາງ (tha nā khān kāng) (Lao), centrālā banka [feminine] (Latvian), centrinis bankas [masculine] (Lithuanian), централна банка (centralna banka) [feminine] (Macedonian), bank pusat (Malay), bank rizab (Malay), केन्द्रीय बैंक (kendrīya baiṅka) (Nepali), sentralbank [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sentralbank [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مرکزي بانک (Pashto), بانک مرکزی (bânk-e markazi) (Persian), bank centralny [masculine] (Polish), bank emisyjny [masculine] (Polish), banco central [masculine] (Portuguese), ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਬੈਂਕ (kendrī baiṅk) [masculine] (Punjabi), ਰਿਜ਼ਰਵ ਬੈਂਕ (rizrav baiṅk) [masculine] (Punjabi), مرکزی بینک (mrkzī benk) [Western-Punjabi] (Punjabi), bancă centrală [feminine] (Romanian), центра́льный банк (centrálʹnyj bank) [masculine] (Russian), централна банка [Bosnia, Cyrillic, Serbia, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), средишња банка [Croatia, Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), centralna banka [Bosnia, Latin, Serbia, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), središnja banka [Croatia, Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), centrálna banka [feminine] (Slovak), centralna banka [feminine] (Slovene), тӧс банк (tös bank) (Southern Altai), banco central [masculine] (Spanish), benki kuu (Swahili), centralbank [common-gender] (Swedish), riksbank [common-gender] (Swedish), bangko sentral (Tagalog), lunduyang bangko (Tagalog), punong bangko (Tagalog), punumbangko (Tagalog), бонки марказӣ (bonk-i markazi) (Tajik), நடுவண் வங்கி (naṭuvaṇ vaṅki) (Tamil), కేంద్ర బ్యాంకు (kēndra byāṅku) (Telugu), ธนาคารกลาง (tá-naa-kaan-glaang) (Thai), merkez bankası (Turkish), merkezi bank (Turkmen), центра́льний банк (centrálʹnyj bank) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مرکزی بینک (markazi baink) [masculine] (Urdu), markaziy bank (Uzbek), ngân hàng trung ương (Vietnamese), banc canolog [masculine] (Welsh), киин баан (kiin baan) (Yakut), צענטראַלבאַנק (tsentralbank) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "lang_code": "alt",
          "roman": "tös bank",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "тӧс банк"
        },
        {
          "code": "am",
          "lang": "Amharic",
          "lang_code": "am",
          "roman": "maʿkälawi bank",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "ማዕከላዊ ባንክ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "english": "bank markaziyy",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "ar",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "translation": "bank markaziyy",
          "word": "بَنْك مَرْكَزِيّ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "english": "kentronakan bank",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "translation": "kentronakan bank",
          "word": "կենտրոնական բանկ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bancu central"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "mərkəzi bank"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "banku zentral"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "centrálʹny bank",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "цэнтра́льны банк"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "lang_code": "bn",
          "roman": "kendriẏo bêṅko",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "কেন্দ্রীয় ব্যাংক"
        },
        {
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "lang_code": "bcl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "bangko sentral"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "centralna banka",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "централна банка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banc central"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "zhōngyāng yínháng",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "中央銀行 /中央银行"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "centrální banka"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "centralbank"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "centrale bank"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "centra banko"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "lang_code": "et",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "keskpank"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "lang_code": "fo",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "miðbanki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "keskuspankki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "banque centrale"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banco central"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "cenṭraluri banḳi",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "ცენტრალური ბანკი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zentralbank"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Notenbank"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "kentrikí trápeza",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κεντρική τράπεζα"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "roman": "bank merkazí",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בנק מרכזי"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "kendrīya baiṅk",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "केंद्रीय बैंक"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "jegybank"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "központi bank"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seðlabanki"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "lang_code": "io",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "centrala banko"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "bank sentral"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banc ceannais"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "banca centrale"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ちゅうおうぎんこう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "chūō ginkō",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "中央銀行"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "lang_code": "kn",
          "roman": "kēndriya byāṅk",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "ಕೇಂದ್ರಿಯ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "english": "ortalyq bank",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "translation": "ortalyq bank",
          "word": "орталық банк"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "lang_code": "km",
          "roman": "thônéakéarkândal",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "ធនាគារកណ្ដាល"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "jung'ang'eunhaeng",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "중앙은행"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "lang_code": "lo",
          "roman": "tha nā khān kāng",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "ທະນາຄານກາງ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "lang_code": "lv",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "centrālā banka"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centrinis bankas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "centralna banka",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "централна банка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "lang_code": "ms",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "bank pusat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "lang_code": "ms",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "bank rizab"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "lang_code": "ne",
          "roman": "kendrīya baiṅka",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "केन्द्रीय बैंक"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sentralbank"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sentralbank"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "lang_code": "ps",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "مرکزي بانک"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa",
          "roman": "bânk-e markazi",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "بانک مرکزی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bank centralny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bank emisyjny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banco central"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "lang_code": "pa",
          "roman": "kendrī baiṅk",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਬੈਂਕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "lang_code": "pa",
          "roman": "rizrav baiṅk",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਰਿਜ਼ਰਵ ਬੈਂਕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pnb",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "lang_code": "pnb",
          "roman": "mrkzī benk",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "Western-Punjabi"
          ],
          "word": "مرکزی بینک"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bancă centrală"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "centrálʹnyj bank",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "центра́льный банк"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "Bosnia",
            "Cyrillic",
            "Serbia",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "централна банка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "Croatia",
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "средишња банка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "Bosnia",
            "Latin",
            "Serbia",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "centralna banka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "Croatia",
            "Latin",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "središnja banka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "centrálna banka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "lang_code": "sl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "centralna banka"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banco central"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "lang_code": "sw",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "benki kuu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "centralbank"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "riksbank"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "bangko sentral"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "lunduyang bangko"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "punong bangko"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "punumbangko"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "lang_code": "tg",
          "roman": "bonk-i markazi",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "бонки марказӣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "lang_code": "ta",
          "roman": "naṭuvaṇ vaṅki",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "நடுவண் வங்கி"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "lang_code": "te",
          "roman": "kēndra byāṅku",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "కేంద్ర బ్యాంకు"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "lang_code": "th",
          "roman": "tá-naa-kaan-glaang",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "ธนาคารกลาง"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "merkez bankası"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "lang_code": "tk",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "merkezi bank"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "centrálʹnyj bank",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "центра́льний банк"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "lang_code": "ur",
          "roman": "markazi baink",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مرکزی بینک"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "lang_code": "uz",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "markaziy bank"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "lang_code": "vi",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "ngân hàng trung ương"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "lang_code": "cy",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banc canolog"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "lang_code": "sah",
          "roman": "kiin baan",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "word": "киин баан"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "tsentralbank",
          "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "צענטראַלבאַנק"
        }
      ],
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        "Q66344"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "ធនាគារកណ្ដាល"
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      "word": "중앙은행"
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      "word": "ທະນາຄານກາງ"
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      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sentralbank"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sentralbank"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "lang_code": "ps",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "مرکزي بانک"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "bânk-e markazi",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "بانک مرکزی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bank centralny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bank emisyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banco central"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "lang_code": "pa",
      "roman": "kendrī baiṅk",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਬੈਂਕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "lang_code": "pa",
      "roman": "rizrav baiṅk",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਰਿਜ਼ਰਵ ਬੈਂਕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pnb",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "lang_code": "pnb",
      "roman": "mrkzī benk",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "Western-Punjabi"
      ],
      "word": "مرکزی بینک"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bancă centrală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "centrálʹnyj bank",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "центра́льный банк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Serbia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "централна банка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "средишња банка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Latin",
        "Serbia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "centralna banka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "središnja banka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "centrálna banka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "centralna banka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banco central"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "benki kuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "centralbank"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "riksbank"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "bangko sentral"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "lunduyang bangko"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "punong bangko"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "punumbangko"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "bonk-i markazi",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "бонки марказӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "naṭuvaṇ vaṅki",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "நடுவண் வங்கி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "roman": "kēndra byāṅku",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "కేంద్ర బ్యాంకు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "tá-naa-kaan-glaang",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "ธนาคารกลาง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "merkez bankası"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "lang_code": "tk",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "merkezi bank"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "centrálʹnyj bank",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "центра́льний банк"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "markazi baink",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مرکزی بینک"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "markaziy bank"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "ngân hàng trung ương"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banc canolog"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "lang_code": "sah",
      "roman": "kiin baan",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "word": "киин баан"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "tsentralbank",
      "sense": "principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צענטראַלבאַנק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "central bank"
}

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