"oligarchy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːki/ [UK], /ˈɑːlɪˌɡɑɹki/ [US], /ˈoʊlɪˌɡɑɹki/ [US] Audio: en-uk-oligarchy.ogg [UK] Forms: oligarchies [plural]
Etymology: From French oligarchie, from Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”). By surface analysis, olig- (“few”) + -archy (“rule, command”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|oligarchie}} French oligarchie, {{uder|en|la|oligarchia}} Latin oligarchia, {{uder|en|grc|ὀλιγαρχία}} Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía), {{m|grc|ὀλίγος||few}} ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”), {{m|grc|ἀρχή||rule}} ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”), {{surf|en|olig-|-archy|t1=few|t2=rule, command}} By surface analysis, olig- (“few”) + -archy (“rule, command”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} oligarchy (countable and uncountable, plural oligarchies)
  1. A government run by only a few, often the wealthy. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (government by only a few): oligargie (Afrikaans), oligarki [feminine] (Albanian), ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), أُولِيغَارْكِي (ʔūlīḡārkī) [feminine] (Arabic), օլիգարխիա (ōligarxia) (Armenian), oliqarxiya (Azerbaijani), аліга́рхія (alihárxija) [feminine] (Belarusian), олигархия (oligarhija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), oligarquia [feminine] (Catalan), 寡頭政治 (Chinese Mandarin), 寡头政治 (guǎtóu zhèngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), oligarchie [feminine] (Czech), oligarki [neuter] (Danish), fåmandsvælde [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), oligarchie [feminine] (Dutch), oligarĥio (Esperanto), oligarhia (Estonian), fámannaveldi [neuter] (Faroese), harvainvalta (Finnish), oligarkia (Finnish), oligarchie [feminine] (French), oligarquía [feminine] (Galician), ოლიგარქია (oligarkia) (Georgian), Oligarchie [feminine] (German), ολιγαρχία (oligarchía) [feminine] (Greek), אוֹלִיגַרְכְיָה (oligárkhya) [feminine] (Hebrew), अल्पजनाधिपत्य (alpajnādhipatya) [masculine] (Hindi), ओलिगार्की (oligārkī) [feminine] (Hindi), oligarchia (Hungarian), fámennisveldi [neuter] (Icelandic), fámennisstjórn [feminine] (Icelandic), fáveldi [neuter] (Icelandic), oligarkio (Ido), oligarki (Indonesian), olagarcacht [feminine] (Irish), oligarchia [feminine] (Italian), 寡頭政治 (katō seiji) (alt: かとうせいじ) (Japanese), 寡頭制 (katōsei) (alt: かとうせい) (Japanese), олигархия (oligarxiä) (Kazakh), 과두제 (gwaduje) (alt: 寡頭制) (Korean), олигархия (oligarhiya) (Kyrgyz), oligarchia [feminine] (Latin), oligarhija [feminine] (Latvian), oligarchija [feminine] (Lithuanian), олигархија (oligarhija) [feminine] (Macedonian), mana tokoiti (Maori), oligarki [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fåmannsvelde (Norwegian Bokmål), oligarki [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fåmannsvelde (Norwegian Nynorsk), الیگارشی (oligârši) (Persian), oligarchia [feminine] (Polish), oligarquia [feminine] (Portuguese), oligarhie [feminine] (Romanian), олига́рхия (oligárxija) [feminine] (Russian), олига̀рхија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oligàrhija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oligarchia [feminine] (Slovak), oligarhija [feminine] (Slovene), oligarquía [feminine] (Spanish), oligarki [neuter] (Swedish), fåmannavälde [neuter] (Swedish), untipunuan (Tagalog), oligarkiya (Tagalog), олигархия (oligarxiya) (Tajik), คณาธิปไตย (ká-naa-tí-bpà-dtai) (Thai), oligarşi (Turkish), oligarhiýa (Turkmen), олігархі́я (oliharxíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), oligarxiya (Uzbek), אָליגאַרכיע (oligarkhye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-oligarchy-en-noun-K1OpPjGN Categories (other): English terms prefixed with olig- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with olig-: 40 43 17 Disambiguation of 'government by only a few': 91 6 4
  2. Those who make up an oligarchic government. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives, Forms of government Translations (those who make up an oligarchic government): oligargie (Afrikaans), օլիգարխիա (ōligarxia) (Armenian), oligarquia [feminine] (Catalan), 寡頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 寡头 (guǎtóu) (Chinese Mandarin), oligarchie [feminine] (Dutch), oligarĥio (Esperanto), oligarkit (Finnish), oligarkia (Finnish), valtaeliitti (Finnish), oligarchie [feminine] (French), ოლიგარქია (oligarkia) (Georgian), ოლიგარქები (oligarkebi) (Georgian), אוֹלִיגַרְכְיָה (oligárkhya) [feminine] (Hebrew), oligarkio (Ido), oligarki (Indonesian), olagarcacht [feminine] (Irish), 寡頭 (katō) (alt: かとう) (Japanese), 과두 (gwadu) (alt: 寡頭) (Korean), جرگهسالاران (jarge-salaran) (Persian), oligarquia [feminine] (Portuguese), олига́рхия (oligárxija) [feminine] (Russian), oligarquía [feminine] (Spanish), untipunuan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-oligarchy-en-noun-plekQ1-c Disambiguation of Collectives: 11 79 10 Disambiguation of Forms of government: 22 56 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with olig-, English terms suffixed with -archy, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 69 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with olig-: 40 43 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -archy: 32 54 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 60 12 Disambiguation of 'those who make up an oligarchic government': 3 95 2
  3. A state ruled by such a government. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state ruled by such a government): oligargie (Afrikaans), օլիգարխիա (ōligarxia) (Armenian), аліга́рхія (alihárxija) [feminine] (Belarusian), олигархия (oligarhija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), oligarquia [feminine] (Catalan), oligarchie [feminine] (Czech), oligarki [neuter] (Danish), oligarchie [feminine] (Dutch), oligarĥio (Esperanto), oligarhia (Estonian), oligarkia (Finnish), harvainvalta (Finnish), oligarchie [feminine] (French), ოლიგარქია (oligarkia) (Georgian), Oligarchie [feminine] (German), ολιγαρχία (oligarchía) [feminine] (Greek), oligarchia (Hungarian), kiskirályság (Hungarian), oligarkio (Ido), oligarki (Indonesian), olagarcacht [feminine] (Irish), oligarchia [feminine] (Italian), oligarhija [feminine] (Latvian), oligarchija [feminine] (Lithuanian), олигархија (oligarhija) [feminine] (Macedonian), oligarki [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), oligarki [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), oligarchia [feminine] (Polish), oligarquia [feminine] (Portuguese), oligarhie [feminine] (Romanian), олига́рхия (oligárxija) [feminine] (Russian), олига̀рхија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oligàrhija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oligarchia [feminine] (Slovak), oligarhija [feminine] (Slovene), oligarquía [feminine] (Spanish), oligarki [neuter] (Swedish), untipunuan (Tagalog), олігархі́я (oliharxíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-oligarchy-en-noun-gnnmaJGa Categories (other): English terms prefixed with olig- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with olig-: 40 43 17 Disambiguation of 'state ruled by such a government': 6 4 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oligarch, oligarchic, oligarchical Related terms: oligopoly (english: not to be confused, although oligarchs can also be oligopolists, as for example in petrostates)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "government by only a few",
          "word": "과두제"
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          "sense": "government by only a few",
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          ],
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          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "government by only a few",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "oligarhija",
          "sense": "government by only a few",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "oligargie"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "أُولِيغَارْكِي"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "ōligarxia",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "օլիգարխիա"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "oliqarxiya"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "alihárxija",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "аліга́рхія"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "寡頭政治"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎtóu zhèngzhì",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "寡头政治"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "oligarhia"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fámannaveldi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "harvainvalta"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "oligarkia"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oligarquía"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "ოლიგარქია"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "אוֹלִיגַרְכְיָה"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "अल्पजनाधिपत्य"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ओलिगार्की"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "is",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "oligarki"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "olagarcacht"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "alt": "かとうせいじ",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "寡頭政治"
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      "alt": "かとうせい",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "олигархия"
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      "alt": "寡頭制",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwaduje",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "과두제"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "oligarhiya",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "олигархия"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oligarhija"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "الیگارشی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "untipunuan"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "tg",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ká-naa-tí-bpà-dtai",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "คณาธิปไตย"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "word": "oligarşi"
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      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oligarkhye",
      "sense": "government by only a few",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "אָליגאַרכיע"
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      "code": "af",
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      "word": "oligargie"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "ōligarxia",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "օլիգարխիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarquia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "寡頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎtóu",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "寡头"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "oligarĥio"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "oligarkit"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "oligarkia"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "valtaeliitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "oligarkia",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "ოლიგარქია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "oligarkebi",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "ოლიგარქები"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "oligárkhya",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אוֹלִיגַרְכְיָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "oligarkio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "oligarki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olagarcacht"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "katō",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "寡頭"
    },
    {
      "alt": "寡頭",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwadu",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "과두"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jarge-salaran",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "جرگهسالاران"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarquia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oligárxija",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "олига́рхия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarquía"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "those who make up an oligarchic government",
      "word": "untipunuan"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "oligargie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ōligarxia",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "օլիգարխիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "alihárxija",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аліга́рхія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oligarhija",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "олигархия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarquia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oligarki"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "oligarĥio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "oligarhia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "oligarkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "harvainvalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "oligarkia",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "ოლიგარქია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oligarchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oligarchía",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ολιγαρχία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "oligarchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "kiskirályság"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "oligarkio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "oligarki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olagarcacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarhija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarchija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oligarhija",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "олигархија"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oligarki"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oligarki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarquia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarhie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oligárxija",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "олига́рхия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "олига̀рхија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligàrhija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarhija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarquía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oligarki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "word": "untipunuan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oliharxíja",
      "sense": "state ruled by such a government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "олігархі́я"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "oligarchy"
  ],
  "word": "oligarchy"
}

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