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"پونڈ"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "liră"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "funt", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "фунт"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "not"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "feminine"], "word": "фу̑нта"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["Roman", "feminine"], "word": "fȗnta"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "libra"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "funt"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "libra"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "unit of currency", "word": "pauni"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["neuter"], "word": "pund"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "funt", "sense": "unit of currency", "word": "фунт"}, {"code": "tt", "lang": "Tatar", "roman": "funt", "sense": "unit of currency", "word": "фунт"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "bpɔɔn", "sense": "unit of currency", "word": "ปอนด์"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "unit of currency", "word": "funt"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "funt", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "фунт"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "pond", "sense": "unit of currency", "word": "پوند"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "unit of currency", "word": "funt"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "unit of currency", "word": "bảng"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "unit of currency", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "punt"}], "word": "pound"}
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