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"word": "kolonizovať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to begin a new colony",
"word": "kolonizirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin a new colony",
"word": "colonizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin a new colony",
"word": "kolonisera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to begin a new colony",
"word": "sömürgeleştirmek"
},
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"roman": "kolonizuváty",
"sense": "to begin a new colony",
"tags": [
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"word": "колонізува́ти"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to begin a new colony",
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"word": "заселя́ти"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to begin a new colony",
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},
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kolonizirn",
"sense": "to begin a new colony",
"word": "קאָלאָניזירן"
}
],
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}
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