See hymeneal on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svatbena pesen",
"sense": "hymn, song or poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сватбена песен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hymn, song or poem",
"word": "häälaulu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hymn, song or poem",
"word": "häävirsi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hymn, song or poem",
"word": "häämarssi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hymn, song or poem",
"word": "hääruno"
}
],
"word": "hymeneal"
}
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