See nyan on Wiktionary
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"food"
],
"links": [
[
"food",
"food#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "nyan"
}
Download raw JSONL data for nyan meaning in All languages combined (7.0kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: anime and manga fandom",
"path": [
"nyan"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "interjection",
"title": "nyan",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: anime and manga fandom",
"path": [
"nyan"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "interjection",
"title": "nyan",
"trace": ""
}
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