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"word": "Saba"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "biblical kingdom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sabá"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Sabá",
"sense": "biblical kingdom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Саба́"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "biblical kingdom",
"word": "Saba"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "se ba",
"sense": "biblical kingdom",
"word": "སེ་བ།"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "biblical kingdom",
"word": "Sebe"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "Saba",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"sense": "biblical kingdom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Саба"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "34th sura of the Qur'an",
"word": "سورة سبأ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Sheba"
],
"word": "Sheba"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English unisex given names",
"en:Biblical characters",
"en:Qur'an"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Short form of Bathsheba.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Sheba",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English female given names",
"English female given names from Hebrew",
"English given names",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1996, Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, page 172",
"text": "'I was kinda sweet on her my own self. Sheba Otis, her name was then.' I was surprised. 'She married a Queen? Which one?' 'Can't say.' He sighed. 'Her name's Bathsheba, but she never liked that much.'",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A female given name from Hebrew."
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃiːbə/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Sheba"
],
"word": "Sheba"
}
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