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"ref": "1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture)",
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"sense": "broadcasting",
"word": "业余无线电呼号"
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"word": "kutsumerkki"
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"word": "kutsutunnus"
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"word": "indicatif d’appel"
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"sense": "broadcasting",
"word": "Rufzeichen"
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"roman": "simádi klísis",
"sense": "broadcasting",
"word": "σημάδι κλήσης"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "broadcasting",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "broadcasting",
"word": "segnale di chiamata"
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"roman": "shikibetsu shingou",
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"word": "識別信号"
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"word": "호출 부호"
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"word": "anrop"
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