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"word": "மோனை"
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"word": "అనుప్రాసము"
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"feminine"
],
"word": "aliteração"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "alliterácija",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аллитера́ция"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "anuprāsa",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "अनुप्रास"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "алитера́ција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "aliterácija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aliteración"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"word": "allitteration"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "uddrim"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"word": "aliterasyon"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"word": "saulinig"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "mōṉai",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"word": "மோனை"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "anuprāsamu",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"word": "అనుప్రాసము"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the repetition of consonants",
"word": "aliterasyon"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Alfred Tennyson",
"Milton",
"Piers Plowman"
],
"word": "alliteration"
}
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