See korrigan on Wiktionary
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"text": "A continental Celtic female fairy called a corrigan, malevolent, sometimes seductive.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess; such creatures considered collectively."
],
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"folklore"
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"arts",
"folklore",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"literature",
"media",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
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"sciences"
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"ipa": "/ˈkɒɹɪɡən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɒɹəɡən/"
}
],
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"plural"
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},
{
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"feminine"
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}
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"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
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"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French masculine nouns",
"French nouns",
"French terms spelled with K",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"fr:Mythological creatures"
],
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"korrigan"
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"tags": [
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"ipa": "/kɔ.ʁi.ɡɑ̃/"
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],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for korrigan meaning in All languages combined (7.8kB)
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"path": [
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"title": "korrigan",
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