See heartland on Wiktionary
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"sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
"word": "心臟地帶 /心脏地带"
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"sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
"word": "གཞུང"
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"word": "centre"
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"roman": "línlǐ shèqū",
"sense": "(Singapore) residential districts outside the city centre",
"word": "鄰里社区"
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