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"sense": "a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day",
"word": "ngày của Mẹ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day",
"word": "ngày lễ các bà mẹ"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day",
"word": "ọjọ́ ìyá"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Mother's Day"
],
"word": "Mother's Day"
}
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