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"Italian masculine nouns",
"Italian nouns",
"it:Mineralogy"
],
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],
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"mineralogy",
"mineralogy"
],
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"coltan#English"
]
],
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],
"tags": [
"invariable",
"masculine"
],
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"chemistry",
"geography",
"geology",
"mineralogy",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
],
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]
}
],
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}
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"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese uncountable nouns",
"pt:Mineralogy"
],
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"coltan"
],
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[
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"mineralogy"
],
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"coltan",
"coltan#English"
]
],
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],
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"uncountable"
],
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"chemistry",
"geography",
"geology",
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"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"word": "coltán"
}
],
"categories": [
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish misspellings",
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],
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"Misspelling of coltán."
],
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]
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