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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
125,
133
]
],
"ref": "1874 July 14, The Times:",
"text": "The name of 'Britain' […] ought to answer every purpose, or if that be thought too condensed, it may be pluralized into ‘The Britains’.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The British Empire."
],
"id": "en-Britain-en-name-BwTmInnJ",
"links": [
[
"British Empire",
"British Empire"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the plural) The British Empire."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"in-plural",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɹɪt.ən/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbɹɪt.n̩]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-Britain.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/En-uk-Britain.ogg/En-uk-Britain.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/En-uk-Britain.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɹɪt.ən/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbɹɪɾ.ᵊn̩]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbɹɪʔ.ᵊn̩]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtən"
},
{
"homophone": "Briton"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Britania"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"lang_code": "am",
"roman": "bəritanya",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ብሪታንያ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "birīṭāniyā",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بِرِيطانِيَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "Britania",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Բրիտանիա"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britaniya"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "Brytánija",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Брыта́нія"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"lang_code": "bn",
"roman": "briṭen",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ব্রিটেন"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"lang_code": "bn",
"roman": "bilat",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "বিলাত"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "Británija",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Брита́ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "bhi.lap",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ဘိလပ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "bri.tin",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ဗြိတိန်"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"note": "Gran Bretanya f (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "yue",
"english": "bat¹ lit⁶ din¹",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"translation": "bat¹ lit⁶ din¹",
"word": "不列顛 /不列颠"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "Bùlièdiān",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "不列顛 /不列颠"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Británie"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"note": "Storbritannien (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Brittannië"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britio"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britannia"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Bretland"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britannia"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"note": "Grande-Bretagne f (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "briṭaneti",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ბრიტანეთი"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Britannien"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "Vretanía",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Βρετανία"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "Brettanía",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Βρεττανία"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "británya",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "בְּרִיטַנְיָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "briṭen",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ब्रिटेन"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britannia"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Bretland"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britania"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "an Bhreatain"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"note": "Gran Bretagna f (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "Buriten",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ブリテン"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "Britaniä",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Британия"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "priittheen",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ប៊្រីតថេន"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "Beuriteun",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "브리튼"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "Beuriten",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "브리텐"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"lang_code": "kmr",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Brîtanya"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"lang_code": "ky",
"roman": "Britaniya",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Британия"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"lang_code": "lo",
"roman": "bǭ li tēn",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ບໍລິເຕນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"lang_code": "lo",
"roman": "ba ri tēn h",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ບຣິເຕນໃຫຍ່"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Britannia"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Britānija"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Britanija"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "Británija",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Брита́нија"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britania"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Brittanja"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Peretānia"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Piritini"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"lang_code": "mr",
"roman": "briṭan",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ब्रिटन"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "Britani",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "Британи"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"note": "Grand Bretanha f (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Breten"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"lang_code": "ps",
"roman": "bartānya",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "برتانيه"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"lang_code": "ps",
"roman": "bartānya",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "برطانيه"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"lang_code": "ps",
"roman": "britāniyā",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بريتانيا"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "beritâniyâ",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "بِریتانِیا"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "beretâniye",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "بِرِطانِیِه"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Brytania"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bretanha"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "rap",
"lang": "Rapa Nui",
"lang_code": "rap",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Peretane"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Britania"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "Británija",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Брита́ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Breetain"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Breatainn"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Брѝта̄нија"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Brìtānija"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Granni Britagna"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Britagna Granni"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"lang_code": "si",
"roman": "britānya",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "බ්රිතාන්ය"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Británia"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Británija"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"note": "Gran Bretaña f (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Bretanya"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "Britaniya",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Британия"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "Britoniyo",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Бритониё"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"lang_code": "te",
"roman": "briṭan",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "బ్రిటన్"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 41 3 1 15 2 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "brì-dteen",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "บริเตน"
},
{
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"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "Británija",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Брита́ния"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "bhi.lap",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ဘိလပ်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "bri.tin",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ဗြိတိန်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"note": "Gran Bretanya f (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"code": "yue",
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"translation": "bat¹ lit⁶ din¹",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "Bùlièdiān",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "不列顛 /不列颠"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Británie"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"note": "Storbritannien (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "Brittannië"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britio"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britannia"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Bretland"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britannia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"note": "Grande-Bretagne f (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "briṭaneti",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ბრიტანეთი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Britannien"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "Vretanía",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Βρετανία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "Brettanía",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Βρεττανία"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "británya",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "בְּרִיטַנְיָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "briṭen",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ब्रिटेन"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britannia"
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britania"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"note": "Gran Bretagna f (only full name is used for the island)",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ブリテン"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ប៊្រីតថេន"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "Beuriteun",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "브리튼"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
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],
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Brîtanya"
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"code": "lo",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ບໍລິເຕນ"
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "ບຣິເຕນໃຫຍ່"
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"code": "la",
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"lang_code": "la",
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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],
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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],
"word": "Britanija"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Britania"
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{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Peretānia"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
"word": "Piritini"
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"word": "ब्रिटन"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
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"code": "ang",
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"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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],
"word": "Breten"
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"code": "ps",
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"code": "fa-ira",
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"word": "بِریتانِیا"
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "rap",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
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"word": "බ්රිතාන්ය"
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"feminine"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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"feminine"
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"word": "బ్రిటన్"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"word": "บริเตน"
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"sense": "island — see also Great Britain, British Isles",
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"code": "vi",
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"code": "vi",
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Download raw JSONL data for Britain meaning in All languages combined (29.1kB)
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