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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "eureka"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "e gjeta"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "aha"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "éŭryka",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "э́ўрыка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "evrika",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "еврика"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "eureka"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yóulǐkǎ",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "尤里卡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "我發現了！"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Wǒ fāxiàn le!",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "我发现了！"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Wǒ zhǎo dào le!",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "我找到了！"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "heuréka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "heureka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "heureka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "eurêka"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "heureka"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "évrika",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "εύρηκα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "heuréka"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "það tókst"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "þar kom það"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "ég hef fundið það"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "eureka"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ware hakken seri",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "我発見せり"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wakatta",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "わかった"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mitsuketa",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "見つけた"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūreka",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "ユーレカ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "eureka",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "エウレカ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "euréka",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "еуре́ка"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "évreka",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "е́врека"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "yuṟīkka",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "യുറീക്ക"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "yâftam",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "یافتم"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "heureca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "eureca"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "evrica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "évrika",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "э́врика"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "eureka"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "heureka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "buldum"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "évryka",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "е́врика"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "exclamation indicating sudden discovery",
"word": "ơ-rê-ca"
}
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