"castrum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: castra [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin castrum. Doublet of Caister and Chester. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|castrum}} Latin castrum, {{doublet|en|Caister|Chester}} Doublet of Caister and Chester Head templates: {{en-noun|castra}} castrum (plural castra)
  1. (historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position. Wikipedia link: en:castrum Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-castrum-en-noun-pIoodn2D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈkas.trum/ [Classical], [ˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /ˈkas.trum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkäst̪rum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *kastrom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom (Latin -trum) (Watkins, 1969). Cognate with Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool”). See also castrō, careō. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kastrom}} Proto-Italic *kastrom, {{suffix|la|*ḱes-|*-trom|gloss1=to cut, cut off, separate|lang1=ine-pro|lang2=ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom, {{af|la|-trum}} -trum, {{cog|sa|शस्त्र|t=cutting tool|tr=śastrá}} Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool”), {{m|la|castrō}} castrō, {{m|la|careō}} careō Head templates: {{la-noun|castrum<2>}} castrum n (genitive castrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|castrum<2>}} Forms: castrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], castrum [nominative, singular], castra [nominative, plural], castrī [genitive, singular], castrōrum [genitive, plural], castrō [dative, singular], castrīs [dative, plural], castrum [accusative, singular], castra [accusative, plural], castrō [ablative, singular], castrīs [ablative, plural], castrum [singular, vocative], castra [plural, vocative]
  1. castle, fort, fortress Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-castrum-la-noun-JpktO0ab Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -trum Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -trum: 54 46
  2. (chiefly in the plural) several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment Tags: declension-2, in-plural, neuter
    Sense id: en-castrum-la-noun-7yXACuN0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -trum Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -trum: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: castellum, castra

Inflected forms

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        }
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    },
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          "args": {
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        }
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    },
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        }
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          "expansion": "→ Albanian: -kastër",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: -kastër"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܩܰܨܪܳܐ",
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        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Berber [languages?]: aɣasru, ɣasru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Byzantine Greek: κάστρον (kástron)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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          "expansion": "Greek: κάστρο n (kástro)\n→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲩ (kastrou), → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)\n→ Aromanian: castru",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κάστρο n (kástro)\n→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲩ (kastrou), → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)\n→ Aromanian: castru"
    },
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            "1": "en",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: castrum",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: castrum"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קְצָרָה",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qəṣārā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: קְצָרָה (qəṣārā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: קְצָרָה (qəṣārā)"
    },
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            "1": "ang",
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            "bor": "1"
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        }
      ],
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            "1": "enm",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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            "3": "-cester",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "castru",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: castru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "dative",
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    },
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        "accusative",
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    },
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    },
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          "english": "Caesar, having disembarked his army and chosen a convenient place for the camp […]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkas.trum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.trum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäst̪rum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castrum"
}
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      "name": "bor"
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      "args": {
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin castrum. Doublet of Caister and Chester.",
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      "tags": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
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        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "en:Ancient Rome"
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        ],
        [
          "defensive",
          "defensive"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:castrum"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "castrum"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -trum",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "castellum"
    },
    {
      "word": "castra"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: castro, crasto, Castro, Crasto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: castro, crasto, Castro, Crasto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "-kastër",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: -kastër",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: -kastër"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "קַצְרָא",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qaṣrā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: קַצְרָא (qaṣrā)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܩܰܨܪܳܐ",
            "tr": "qaṣrā"
          },
          "expansion": "ܩܰܨܪܳܐ (qaṣrā)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: קַצְרָא (qaṣrā) / ܩܰܨܪܳܐ (qaṣrā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَصْر",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَصْر (qaṣr)\nHijazi Arabic: قصر (gaṣur)\nMoroccan Arabic: قصر (qṣar)\n→ English: ksar\n→ French: ksar\n→ Italian: cassero, cassaro\n→ Old Catalan: alcacer\nCatalan: alcàsser\n→ Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaçar, alcaçer\nGalician: alcácer\nPortuguese: alcácer\n→ Old Spanish: alcaçar, alcacer\nSpanish: alcázar (see there for further descendants)\n→ Persian: قصر (qasr)\nTajik: қаср (qasr)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قصر\nTurkish: kasır\n→ Uzbek: qasr\n→ Sicilian: càssaru\n→ Swahili: kasri\n→ Uyghur: قەسىر (qesir)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَصْر (qaṣr)\nHijazi Arabic: قصر (gaṣur)\nMoroccan Arabic: قصر (qṣar)\n→ English: ksar\n→ French: ksar\n→ Italian: cassero, cassaro\n→ Old Catalan: alcacer\nCatalan: alcàsser\n→ Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaçar, alcaçer\nGalician: alcácer\nPortuguese: alcácer\n→ Old Spanish: alcaçar, alcacer\nSpanish: alcázar (see there for further descendants)\n→ Persian: قصر (qasr)\nTajik: қаср (qasr)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قصر\nTurkish: kasır\n→ Uzbek: qasr\n→ Sicilian: càssaru\n→ Swahili: kasri\n→ Uyghur: قەسىر (qesir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Berber [languages?]: aɣasru, ɣasru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "κάστρον",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Byzantine Greek: κάστρον (kástron)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Byzantine Greek: κάστρον (kástron)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κάστρο",
            "g": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κάστρο n (kástro)\n→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲩ (kastrou), → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)\n→ Aromanian: castru",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κάστρο n (kástro)\n→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲩ (kastrou), → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)\n→ Aromanian: castru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "castrum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: castrum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: castrum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קְצָרָה",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qəṣārā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: קְצָרָה (qəṣārā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: קְצָרָה (qəṣārā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ceaster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: ceaster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: ceaster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Chestre"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: Chestre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Chestre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-caster",
            "3": "-cester",
            "4": "-chester",
            "5": "Chester"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -caster, -cester, -chester, Chester",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -caster, -cester, -chester, Chester"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "castru",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: castru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: castru"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kastrom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kastrom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "*ḱes-",
        "3": "*-trom",
        "gloss1": "to cut, cut off, separate",
        "lang1": "ine-pro",
        "lang2": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-trum"
      },
      "expansion": "-trum",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "शस्त्र",
        "t": "cutting tool",
        "tr": "śastrá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "castrō"
      },
      "expansion": "castrō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "careō"
      },
      "expansion": "careō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *kastrom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom (Latin -trum) (Watkins, 1969). Cognate with Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool”). See also castrō, careō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castrum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "castrum n (genitive castrī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castrum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "castle, fort, fortress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Caesar, having disembarked his army and chosen a convenient place for the camp […]",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.9",
          "text": "Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soldier",
          "soldier"
        ],
        [
          "tents",
          "tents"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "camp",
          "camp"
        ],
        [
          "encampment",
          "encampment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.trum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.trum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäst̪rum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castrum"
}

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