"p.m." meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /piːˈɛm/ Audio: En-us-p.m..ogg
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin post meridiem (“after noon”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|post meridiem|t=after noon}} Latin post meridiem (“after noon”) Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} p.m.
  1. (used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock. Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: in the afternoon Translations (after noon): م [masculine] (Arabic), مَسَاءً (masāʔan) (Arabic), 下午 (xiàwǔ) (english: afternoon) (Chinese Mandarin), 晚上 (wǎnshang) (english: evening, night) (Chinese Mandarin), odpoledne (Czech), večer (Czech), ptm. (Esperanto), p.t.m. (Esperanto), p.m. (Finnish), iltapäivällä (Finnish), ip. (Finnish), j. pp. (Finnish), après-midi (French), de l’après-midi (French), du soir (French), de la nuit (French), ნაშუადღევს (našuadɣevs) (Georgian), nachmittags (German), am Nachmittag (German), μ.μ. (m.m.) (Greek), אחרי הצהריים (Hebrew), síðdegis (Icelandic), eftir hádegi (Icelandic), e.h. (Icelandic), p.m. (Icelandic), p.m. (Italian), pomeridiano (Italian), di pomeriggio (Italian), 午後 (gogo) (alt: ごご) (Japanese), түстен кейін (tüsten keiın) (Kazakh), 오후 (ohu) (Korean), 오후에 (ohue) (Korean), ҮХ (ÜX) (Mongolian), tł'éeʼgo neeznáágóó oolkiłgo... (note: 10 p.m. in the future) (Navajo), ب.ظ (b.z) (Persian), p.m. (Portuguese), по́сле полу́дня (pósle polúdnja) (Russian), пополу́дни (popolúdni) (english: afternoon) (Russian), дня (dnja) (english: afternoon) (Russian), ве́чера (véčera) (english: evening, night) (Russian), f (feasgar) (Scottish Gaelic), p. m. (Spanish), PM (Spanish), em (Swedish), n.h. (Tagalog), n.g. (Tagalog), ድሕር ሰዒት (dəḥr säʿit) (Tigrinya), ÖS. (Turkish), y.p. (Welsh), y.h. (Welsh)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: PM, P. M., P.M., p. m., pm (english: post meridiem; for), P, p (english: post meridiem; for ; chiefly US)
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [English]

IPA: /piːˈɛm/ Audio: En-us-p.m..ogg
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin post mortem (“after death”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|post mortem|t=after death}} Latin post mortem (“after death”) Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} p.m.
  1. after death
    Sense id: en-p.m.-en-adv-oCSVVpN9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: PM, P. M., P.M., p. m., pm (english: post meridiem; for), P, p (english: post meridiem; for ; chiefly US)
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{pt-adj|hascomp=no|inv=1}} p.m. (invariable, not comparable)
  1. p.m. (after 12 o’clock) Tags: invariable, not-comparable Synonyms: da tarde (alt: depois do meio dia), da noite (depois do meio dia) (alt: depois do meio dia)
    Sense id: en-p.m.-pt-adj-wahW2L-Z Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1971, U.S. Department of Commerce, Hourly Precipitation Data: Ohio, page 14",
          "text": "HOURLY PRECIPITATION … 9 PM THROUGH 12 PM (MIDNIGHT) ZERO DAILY TOTAL"
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          "ref": "2007, Khurana Rohit, Number Game 4, page 144:",
          "text": "We never say 12 a.m. or 12 p.m. It's either 12 midnight or 12 noon, respectively.",
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          "ref": "2009, Robert Bill, Medical Mathematics and Dosage Calculations for Veterinary Professionals, page 348:",
          "text": "The 12-hour clock uses A.M. for the morning hours of midnight (12:00 A.M.) to almost noon (11:59 A.M.) and the P.M. designation for the hours from noon (12:00 P.M.) to almost midnight (11:59 PM).",
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          "text": "The 12-hour clock, which is used in the U.S., Canada, and a few other countries, divides time into two cycles: a.m. (ante meridiem, Latin for before midday) from midnight, 12 a.m., to 11:59 a.m.; and p.m. (post meridiem, Latin for after midday) from noon, 12 p.m., to 11:59 p.m.",
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          "ref": "2023 August 3, Yeh Chen, Bernadette Hsiao, “4 found without vital signs after vehicle plunges into rural Taoyuan valley”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-08-03, Society:",
          "text": "The Taoyuan City Fire Department said that two others, a man and a woman, were pulled from the vehicle alive after rescuers were called to the scene of the accident near Sbunaw Bridge in Fuxing District at 12:27 p.m.",
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          "roman": "xiàwǔ",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "english": "evening, night",
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          "sense": "after noon",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.t.m."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.m."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "iltapäivällä"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ip."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "j. pp."
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "de l’après-midi"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "du soir"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "de la nuit"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "našuadɣevs",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ნაშუადღევს"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "nachmittags"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "am Nachmittag"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "m.m.",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "μ.μ."
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "אחרי הצהריים"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "síðdegis"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "eftir hádegi"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "e.h."
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        {
          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.m."
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.m."
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "pomeridiano"
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        {
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "di pomeriggio"
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        {
          "alt": "ごご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gogo",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "午後"
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        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tüsten keiın",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "түстен кейін"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ohu",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "오후"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "ohue",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "오후에"
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        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ÜX",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ҮХ"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "note": "10 p.m. in the future",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "tł'éeʼgo neeznáágóó oolkiłgo..."
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        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "note": "tłʼéeʼgo neeznáadi oolkił yę́ędą́ą́ʼ...",
          "sense": "after noon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "b.z",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ب.ظ"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.m."
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pósle polúdnja",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "по́сле полу́дня"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "afternoon",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "popolúdni",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "пополу́дни"
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          "english": "afternoon",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dnja",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "дня"
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          "english": "evening, night",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "véčera",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ве́чера"
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "f (feasgar)"
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          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p. m."
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          "sense": "after noon",
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          "sense": "after noon",
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          "sense": "after noon",
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          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "n.g."
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          "roman": "dəḥr säʿit",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ድሕር ሰዒት"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "sense": "after noon",
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          "sense": "after noon",
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          "ref": "1971, U.S. Department of Commerce, Hourly Precipitation Data: Ohio, page 14",
          "text": "HOURLY PRECIPITATION … 9 PM THROUGH 12 PM (MIDNIGHT) ZERO DAILY TOTAL"
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          "text": "Anna. — Yes, Ms. Weaver. — Are you busy? — Yes, Ms. Weaver. I am busy. — My office. 5:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.\nAudio (US): (file)"
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          "ref": "2023 August 3, Yeh Chen, Bernadette Hsiao, “4 found without vital signs after vehicle plunges into rural Taoyuan valley”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-08-03, Society:",
          "text": "The Taoyuan City Fire Department said that two others, a man and a woman, were pulled from the vehicle alive after rescuers were called to the scene of the accident near Sbunaw Bridge in Fuxing District at 12:27 p.m.",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "roman": "našuadɣevs",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "ნაშუადღევს"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "nachmittags"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "m.m.",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "אחרי הצהריים"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "p.m."
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "p.m."
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "pomeridiano"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "di pomeriggio"
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      "alt": "ごご",
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "tüsten keiın",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "түстен кейін"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ohu",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "오후"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "오후에"
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      "code": "mn",
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      "roman": "ÜX",
      "sense": "after noon",
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      "note": "10 p.m. in the future",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "tł'éeʼgo neeznáágóó oolkiłgo..."
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "note": "tłʼéeʼgo neeznáadi oolkił yę́ędą́ą́ʼ...",
      "sense": "after noon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "b.z",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "ب.ظ"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "p.m."
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pósle polúdnja",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "по́сле полу́дня"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "afternoon",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "em"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "n.h."
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "roman": "dəḥr säʿit",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "ድሕር ሰዒት"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "ÖS."
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "after noon",
      "word": "y.p."
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      "code": "cy",
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      "alt": "depois do meio dia",
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