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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Falun Gong m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "Falun Gong m",
"name": "pt-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese multiword terms",
"Portuguese proper nouns",
"pt:Religion"
],
"glosses": [
"Falun Gong (a spiritual practice founded in China in 1992)"
],
"links": [
[
"Falun Gong",
"Falun Gong#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "Falun Gong"
}
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