See demigod on Wiktionary
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"word": "半神半人"
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"word": "半神"
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"word": "pooljumal"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "semideus"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"word": "ημίθεος"
},
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"word": "setengah dewa"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"word": "半神"
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jartylai qūdai",
"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"word": "жартылай құдай"
},
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"word": "반신반인"
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"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"word": "반신"
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "nimxodâ",
"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"word": "yarıtanrı"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "napivbóh",
"sense": "a half-god or hero",
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"word": "напівбо́г"
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"sense": "a half-god or hero",
"word": "á thần"
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"roman": "cìshén",
"sense": "a lesser deity",
"word": "次神"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "a lesser deity",
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"sense": "a lesser deity",
"word": "lagere godheid"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a lesser deity",
"word": "puolijumala"
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"code": "de",
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