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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leprozoriumas"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "leprosarium"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "leprosarium"
},
{
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "leprozori",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"word": "лепрозори"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "leprozorium"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leprosaria"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leprosário"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "leprozórij",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лепрозо́рий"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "лепрозаријум"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "leprozarijum"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leprosería"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spetälskesjukhus"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "maxavxona",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"word": "махавхона"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tabobatxona-yi maxavho",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"word": "табобатхонаи махавҳо"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "leprozoriy",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"word": "лепрозорий"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"word": "miskinhane"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"word": "leprozoriý"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "leprozorij",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лепрозорій"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"word": "leprozoriy"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery",
"word": "moxovxona"
}
],
"word": "leper colony"
}
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