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"word": "lusor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "glow in the sky after sunset",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zorza wieczorna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "glow in the sky after sunset",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poświata"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "glow in the sky after sunset",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "večernje rumenilo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "glow in the sky after sunset",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "aftonrodnad"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "light emitted by a cooling object",
"word": "jälkihehku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "light emitted by a phosphor after excitation",
"word": "jälkihehku"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "light emitted by a phosphor after excitation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poświata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mildly euphoric feeling",
"word": "jälkihehku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mildly euphoric feeling",
"word": "raukeus"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Afterglow (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "afterglow"
}
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