See coastline on Wiktionary
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],
"word": "kustlinje"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "berežýna",
"sense": "the shape of a coast",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бережи́на"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the shape of a coast",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "morlin"
}
],
"word": "coastline"
}
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