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"masculine"
],
"word": "топо́ним"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topónimo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "topónim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "топо́нім"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"word": "địa danh"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word derived from a place name",
"word": "toponyymi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word derived from a place name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toponyme"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sthanspôt",
"sense": "word derived from a place name",
"word": "ស្ថានសព្ទ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word derived from a place name",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "topónimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word derived from a place name",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "topônimo"
}
],
"word": "toponym"
}
{
"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'placename', 2: 'placename'}",
"path": [
"toponym",
"trans-top-see"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "toponym",
"trace": ""
}
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