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"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "yel",
"sense": "university",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "येल"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Jjélʹskij universitét",
"sense": "university",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Йе́льский университе́т"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "university",
"word": "Yale-universitetet"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "je⁴ lou⁵ ping³ jam¹",
"sense": "romanisation scheme",
"word": "耶魯拼音 /耶鲁拼音"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Yélǔ pīnyīn",
"sense": "romanisation scheme",
"word": "耶魯拼音 /耶鲁拼音"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Yēru-shiki",
"sense": "romanisation scheme",
"word": "イェール式"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeil pyogibeop",
"sense": "romanisation scheme",
"word": "예일 표기법"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jjélʹskaja romanizácija",
"sense": "romanisation scheme",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "йе́льская романиза́ция"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Welsh commote",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Iâl"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Elihu Yale"
],
"word": "Yale"
}
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