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],
"qualifier": "prison",
"raw_glosses": [
"(US) Alcatraz (an island and former prison in California, United States, on San Francisco Bay)",
"(prison) ellipsis of Prisión Federal de Alcatraz"
],
"tags": [
"US",
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"ellipsis",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/alkaˈtɾaθ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[al.kaˈt̪ɾaθ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/alkaˈtɾas/"
},
{
"ipa": "[al.kaˈt̪ɾas]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aθ (Spain)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-as (Latin America, Philippines)"
}
],
"word": "Alcatraz"
}
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