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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"word": "daerah pemilihan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "circoscrizione"
},
{
"alt": "せんきょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senkyoku",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"word": "選挙区"
},
{
"alt": "選擧區",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seon'geogu",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"word": "선거구"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valgkrets"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "valgdistrikt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "okręg wyborczy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "círculo eleitoral"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "distrito eleitoral"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "circumscripție electorală"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izbirátelʹnyj ókrug",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "избира́тельный о́круг"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"word": "circunscripción"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valkrets"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vybórčyj ókruh",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вибо́рчий о́круг"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "halqa",
"sense": "district represented by one or more elected officials",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَلْقَہ"
}
],
"word": "constituency"
}
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