See Helen on Wiktionary
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"Terms with Ingrian translations",
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"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
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"Terms with Mandarin translations",
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"Terms with Portuguese translations",
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{
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"word": "Հեղինե"
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "ga",
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{
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"code": "ja",
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"code": "ko",
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "vi",
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"code": "vi",
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