See Ness on Wiktionary
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[
"Scotland",
"Scotland#English"
],
[
"Loch Ness",
"Loch Ness"
],
[
"Inverness",
"Inverness"
],
[
"Beauly Firth",
"Beauly Firth"
],
[
"River Ness",
"w:River Ness"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Ness City"
}
],
"categories": [
"English ellipses"
],
"glosses": [
"A placename:",
"Ellipsis of Ness City."
],
"links": [
[
"placename",
"placename"
],
[
"Ness City",
"Ness City#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"ellipsis",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Ness County"
}
],
"categories": [
"English ellipses"
],
"glosses": [
"A placename:",
"Ellipsis of Ness County."
],
"links": [
[
"placename",
"placename"
],
[
"Ness County",
"Ness County#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"ellipsis",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English surnames"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "nĕs"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɛs/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ness.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Ness.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Ness.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Ness.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Ness.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛs"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Ness",
"en:River Ness"
],
"word": "Ness"
}
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