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"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese multiword terms",
"Portuguese proper nouns",
"Portuguese terms spelled with W",
"pt:Islands",
"pt:Places in Japan"
],
"glosses": [
"Iwo Jima (an island in Japan)"
],
"links": [
[
"Iwo Jima",
"Iwo Jima#English"
],
[
"island",
"island"
],
[
"Japan",
"Japan#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "Iwo Jima"
}
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