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"a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Vivian",
"Vivian#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "Vivian"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "proper noun"
},
"expansion": "Vivian",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian female given names",
"Norwegian given names",
"Norwegian lemmas",
"Norwegian proper nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Vivian",
"Vivian#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "Vivian"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "Vivians",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "genitive",
"4": "Vivians",
"g": "c",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Vivian c (genitive Vivians)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "Vivian c (genitive Vivians)",
"name": "sv-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"word": "Vivi-Ann"
},
{
"word": "Vivi-Anne"
},
{
"word": "Viviann"
},
{
"word": "Vivianne"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish female given names",
"Swedish given names",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish proper nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Vivian",
"Vivian#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "Vivian"
}
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