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"sense": "happening every two years",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "happening every two years",
"word": "joka toinen vuosi tapahtuva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "happening every two years",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "happening every two years",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "happening every two years",
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "happening every two years",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "happening every two years",
"word": "biennale"
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{
"alt": "にねんごとの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "happening every two years",
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},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "happening every two years",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "happening every two years",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "happening every two years",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "happening every two years",
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "happening every two years",
"word": "bienal"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "dvuxgodíčnyj",
"sense": "happening every two years",
"word": "двухгоди́чный"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "happening every two years",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "happening every two years",
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "dvoríčnyj",
"sense": "happening every two years",
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"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "lasting for two years",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"code": "el",
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lasting for two years",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "ga",
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "plant",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "event",
"word": "biennaali"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "event",
"word": "biennale"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "event",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "biennal"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "event",
"word": "bienal"
}
],
"word": "biennial"
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