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"ref": "2023 July 20, Philip Oltermann, “Lioness believed to be on loose in Berlin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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"word": "queen of beasts"
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"ref": "1877, The Contemporary Review, volume 29, page 1123",
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"ref": "2005 August 19, James Sturcke, quoting Stuart Bell, “Mowlam a political ‘lioness’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "The Middlesbrough Labour MP, Stuart Bell, a political and personal friend, said: \"Mo was a lioness both in terms of the Labour party and politics nationally. She cut to the quick with any issue and proved herself a stateswoman of the highest order when seeking to negotiate the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement.",
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"ref": "2023 October 6, “Memorial honors trailblazing senator Dianne Feinstein: ‘She was a lioness’”, in The Guardian, sourced from Associated Press, →ISSN",
"text": "The social worker said she talked to her 28-year-old daughter about the battles Feinstein fought so that younger generations of women could dream bigger. “She was a lioness.”",
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"(figurative) A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity)."
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "famous person",
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"word": "løvinne"
}
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"ref": "1871, John Cordy Jeaffreson, Annals of Oxford, page 305",
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"ref": "1888, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, page 271",
"text": "\"Now, boys, keep your eyes open, there must be plenty of lionesses about;\" and thus warned, the whole load, including the cornopean player, were on the look-out for lady visitors, profanely called lionesses, all the way up the street.",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "leeuin"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "luaneshë"
},
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Arbëresh",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "lefe"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "labuʔa",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لَبُؤَة"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "labwa",
"sense": "female lion",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "لَبْوَة"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "asada",
"sense": "female lion",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "اسدة"
},
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"code": "syc",
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"roman": "ʾaryōṯā",
"sense": "female lion",
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"feminine"
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"word": "ܐܪܝܘܬܐ"
},
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"roman": "ʾaryōṯā",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ēg aṙyuc",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "էգ առյուծ"
},
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "female lion",
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"word": "lleona"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "ilʹvíca",
"sense": "female lion",
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"word": "ільві́ца"
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"roman": "lʹvíca",
"sense": "female lion",
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"word": "льві́ца"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śiṅhi",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "সিংহী"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lǎvíca",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лъви́ца"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hkrangse.ma.",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "ခြင်္သေ့မ"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "lleona"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǔshī",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "母狮"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǔshīzi",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "母狮子"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "cop",
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"roman": "laboi",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "lionessa"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "lvice"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hunløve"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "female lion",
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"word": "løvinde"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leeuwin"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "mꜣt",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "U2:D4-t:E22"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "leonino"
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{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "naarasleijona"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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"word": "lionne"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Löwin"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "liontarína",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λιονταρίνα"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "léaina",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λέαινα"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "léaina",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λέαινᾰ"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "sĩhiyo",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "સિંહિયો"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "l'vi'á",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "לביאה"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śernī",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "शेरनी"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "oroszlánhölgy"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "nőstény oroszlán"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "nőstényoroszlán"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leevin"
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{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "ljónynja"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "leonino"
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{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "singa betina"
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"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "leonessa"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "leonessa"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"alt": "めすらいおん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mesu-raion",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "雌ライオン"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"alt": "むし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushi",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "母獅"
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"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "siṃhiṇi",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "ಸಿಂಹಿಣಿ"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qanşyr",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "қаншыр"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "amsaja",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "암사자"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "urgaacı arstan",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "ургаачы арстан"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"feminine"
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"word": "leaena"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "lb",
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"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lavica",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "лавица"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "singa betina"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leoness"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "siuhīṇ",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "सिंहीण"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "erslen",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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"word": "эрслэн"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
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"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "erslen",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
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"word": "ᠡᠷᠰᠯᠡᠨ"
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"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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"word": "lionessa"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "siṅhanī",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "सिंहनी"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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"word": "løvinne"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "løvinne"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "zmarëi",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "زمرۍ"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lwica"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leoa"
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{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "śernī",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"Gurmukhi"
],
"word": "ਸ਼ੇਰਨੀ"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "śernī",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"Shahmukhi"
],
"word": "شیرنِی"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leoaică"
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{
"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lʹvíca",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "льви́ца"
},
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "siṃhā",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सिंहा"
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"_dis1": "42 38 20",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "be",
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"sense": "female lion",
"word": "সিংহী"
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"code": "bg",
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"word": "ခြင်္သေ့မ"
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "egy",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "female lion",
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],
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"code": "el",
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"code": "grc",
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"code": "gu",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "hi",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "female lion",
"word": "ljónynja"
},
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "female lion",
"word": "leonino"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "singa betina"
},
{
"code": "ia",
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"sense": "female lion",
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},
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"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"alt": "めすらいおん",
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"roman": "mesu-raion",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "雌ライオン"
},
{
"alt": "むし",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "female lion",
"word": "母獅"
},
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"code": "kn",
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"roman": "siṃhiṇi",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "ಸಿಂಹಿಣಿ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qanşyr",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "қаншыр"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "amsaja",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "암사자"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "urgaacı arstan",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "ургаачы арстан"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "lb",
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"sense": "female lion",
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],
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lavica",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "singa betina"
},
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"code": "mt",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
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"code": "mn",
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"code": "ne",
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"code": "nn",
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],
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "zmarëi",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "female lion",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "female lion",
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],
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{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "śernī",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"Gurmukhi"
],
"word": "ਸ਼ੇਰਨੀ"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "śernī",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"Shahmukhi"
],
"word": "شیرنِی"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leoaică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lʹvíca",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "льви́ца"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "siṃhā",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सिंहा"
},
{
"code": "skr",
"lang": "Saraiki",
"roman": "śīnhṇī",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "شِینہݨِی"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ban-leòmhann"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "лавица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "lavica"
},
{
"code": "sn",
"lang": "Shona",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "shumba hadzi"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liuna"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "levica"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "levinja"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lawica"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lawowka"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lawica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leona"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "singa bikang"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "simba jike"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "lejoninna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lejonhona"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "peṇciṅkam",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "பெண்சிங்கம்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sivaṅgi",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "సివంగి"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "dişi aslan"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "lbỉt",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "𐎍𐎁𐎛𐎚"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "levýcja",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "леви́ця"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "śernī",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "شیرنی"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "sư tử cái"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "jilein"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "female lion",
"word": "liuwinne"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "leybikhe",
"sense": "female lion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "לייביכע"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "famous person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "løvinne"
}
],
"word": "lioness"
}
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