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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/En-uk-Telford.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"surname"
],
"word": "Talford"
},
{
"tags": [
"surname"
],
"word": "Telfort"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Telford",
"Telford (disambiguation)",
"en:Thomas Telford"
],
"word": "Telford"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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