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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "upravitel",
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"masculine"
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"word": "управител"
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "Translations",
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{
"code": "hu",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "Translations",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "várnagy"
},
{
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"word": "praepositus"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "Translations",
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