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"ref": "2019 November 7, Ben Hubbard, “Why Spy on Twitter? For Saudi Arabia, It’s the Town Square”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
"word": "tori"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an open area in a town",
"word": "keskustori"
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
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"word": "place"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
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"word": "praza"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moedani",
"sense": "an open area in a town",
"word": "მოედანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Stadtplatz"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plateía",
"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "πλατεία"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an open area in a town",
"word": "alun-alun"
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
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"word": "piazza"
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"code": "lmo",
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
"word": "piasa"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ploštad",
"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
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"word": "плоштад"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
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"word": "plac"
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
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"word": "praça"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
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"word": "chiazza"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an open area in a town",
"tags": [
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"word": "plaza"
},
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
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"sense": "an open area in a town",
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"word": "town square"
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