"unidentified flying object" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: unidentified flying objects [plural]
Etymology: The phrase is usually attributed to US Air Force officer Edward J. Ruppelt (1923–1960) who coined it as a replacement of the terms flying saucer and flying disk. Etymology templates: {{m|en|flying saucer}} flying saucer, {{m|en|flying disk}} flying disk Head templates: {{en-noun}} unidentified flying object (plural unidentified flying objects)
  1. Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air, primarily used to refer to objects that seem to be at least of small familiar aircraft size. Synonyms: UFO [abbreviation], UAP, unidentified aerial phenomenon, unexplained aerial phenomenon Hypernyms: flying object Coordinate_terms: transient luminous event (english: TLE) Translations (anything in the air not readily explainable): չբացահայտված թռչող օբյեկտ (čʻbacʻahaytvac tʻṙčʻoġ ōbyekt) (Armenian), oxetu esnalador non identificáu [masculine] (Asturian), naməlum uçan obyekt (Azerbaijani), NUO [abbreviation] (Azerbaijani), uçan naməlum obyekt (Azerbaijani), objektu hegalari ezezagun (Basque), неапазна́ны лята́ючы аб'е́кт (njeapaznány ljatájučy abʺjékt) [masculine] (Belarusian), неидентифици́ран летя́щ обе́кт (neidentificíran letjášt obékt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), objecte volador no identificat [masculine] (Catalan), 不明飛行物體 (Chinese Cantonese), 不明飞行物体 (bat¹ ming⁴ fei¹ hang⁴ mat⁶ tai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 不明飛行物 (Chinese Mandarin), 不明飞行物 (bùmíng fēixíngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 飛碟 (Chinese Mandarin), 飞碟 (fēidié) (Chinese Mandarin), 幽浮 (yōufú) (Chinese Mandarin), taklen-neyja anaswonys [feminine] (Cornish), neidentifikovatelný létající předmět [masculine] (Czech), UFO [abbreviation, masculine] (Czech), UFO [abbreviation, neuter] (Dutch), ne-identifita flug-objekto (Esperanto), NIFO [abbreviation] (Esperanto), tunnistamaton lentävä esine (Finnish), UFO (Finnish), ufo [abbreviation] (Finnish), objet volant non-identifié [masculine] (French), OVNI [abbreviation, masculine] (French), ამოუცნობი მფრინავი ობიექტი (amoucnobi mprinavi obiekṭi) (Georgian), unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt [neuter] (German), UFO [abbreviation, neuter] (German), άγνωστης ταυτότητας ιπτάμενο αντικείμενο (ágnostis taftótitas iptámeno antikeímeno) (Greek), ΑΤΙΑ (ATIA) [abbreviation] (Greek), उड़न तश्तरी (uṛan taśtarī) (Hindi), azonosítatlan repülő tárgy (Hungarian), fljúgandi furðuhlutur [masculine] (Icelandic), FFH [abbreviation, neuter] (Icelandic), oggetto volante non identificato [masculine] (Italian), OVNI [abbreviation, masculine] (Italian), UFO (Yūfō) (alt: ユーフォー) (Japanese), 未確認飛行物体 (mikakunin-hikō-buttai) (Japanese), ಅಪರಿಚಿತ ಹಾರಾಡುವ ವಸ್ತು (aparicita hārāḍuva vastu) (Kannada), беймәлім ұшқыш нысан (beimälım ūşqyş nysan) (Kazakh), វត្ថុហោះហើរមិនស្គាល់អត្តសញ្ញាណ (vɔɔtthohɑhhaəmɨnskŏəlʼɑɑttɑɑhññiən) (Khmer), 미확인비행물체 (mihwaginbihaengmulche) (Korean), неидентификуван летечки објект (neidentifikuvan letečki objekt) [masculine] (Macedonian), НЛО (NLO) [abbreviation] (Macedonian), үл танигдах нисдэг биет (ül tanigdax nisdeg bijet) (Mongolian), ҮТНБ (ÜTNB) (Mongolian), uidentifisert flygende objekt [neuter] (Norwegian), niezidentyfikowany obiekt latający [masculine] (Polish), objeto voador não-identificado [masculine] (Portuguese), obiect zburător neidentificat [neuter] (Romanian), неопо́знанный лета́ющий объе́кт (neopóznannyj letájuščij obʺjékt) [masculine] (Russian), НЛО (NLO) [abbreviation, masculine] (Russian), හඳුනා නොගත් පියාඹන වස්තූන් (haⁿdunā nogat piyāᵐbana wastūn) (Sinhalese), objeto volador no identificado [masculine] (Spanish), oidentifierat flygande föremål [neuter] (Swedish), oidentifierat flygande objekt [neuter] (Swedish), UFO [neuter] (Swedish), ufo [abbreviation, neuter] (Swedish), அடையாளம் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியாத பறக்கும் பொருள் (aṭaiyāḷam kaṇṭupiṭikka muṭiyāta paṟakkum poruḷ) (Tamil), గుర్తించబడని ఎగురుతున్న వస్తువు (gurtiñcabaḍani egurutunna vastuvu) (Telugu), uçan daire (Turkish), непі́знаний літа́ючий об'є́кт (nepíznanyj litájučyj obʺjékt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), vật thể bay không xác định (Vietnamese), vật thể bay chưa xác định (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-unidentified_flying_object-en-noun-JpIRqVp8 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'anything in the air not readily explainable': 95 5
  2. (colloquial) An alien spacecraft. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Ufology Synonyms: UFO Synonyms (alien spacecraft): flying saucer Translations (colloquial: an alien spacecraft): naməlum uçan obyekt (Azerbaijani), NUO [abbreviation] (Azerbaijani), неидентифици́ран летя́щ обе́кт (neidentificíran letjášt obékt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 飛碟 (Chinese Mandarin), 飞碟 (fēidié) (Chinese Mandarin), ufo (Finnish), ΑΤΙΑ (ATIA) (Greek), UFO (Yūfō) (alt: ユーフォー) (Japanese), 宇宙船 (uchūsen) (Japanese), 空飛ぶ円盤 (sora tobu enban) (alt: そらとぶえんばん) (Japanese), лета́ющая таре́лка (letájuščaja tarélka) [feminine] (Russian), НЛО (NLO) [masculine] (Russian), uçan daire (Turkish), UFO (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-unidentified_flying_object-en-noun-qPsiU6He Disambiguation of Ufology: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'alien spacecraft': 4 96 Disambiguation of 'colloquial: an alien spacecraft': 3 97

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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njeapaznány ljatájučy abʺjékt",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "неапазна́ны лята́ючы аб'е́кт"
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          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "ne-identifita flug-objekto"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "tunnistamaton lentävä esine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "UFO"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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          "word": "ufo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "objet volant non-identifié"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amoucnobi mprinavi obiekṭi",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "ამოუცნობი მფრინავი ობიექტი"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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          "word": "UFO"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ágnostis taftótitas iptámeno antikeímeno",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "άγνωστης ταυτότητας ιπτάμενο αντικείμενο"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ATIA",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ΑΤΙΑ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "uṛan taśtarī",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "उड़न तश्तरी"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "azonosítatlan repülő tárgy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fljúgandi furðuhlutur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "FFH"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oggetto volante non identificato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
            "abbreviation",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "OVNI"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "ユーフォー",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Yūfō",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "UFO"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mikakunin-hikō-buttai",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "未確認飛行物体"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "aparicita hārāḍuva vastu",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "ಅಪರಿಚಿತ ಹಾರಾಡುವ ವಸ್ತು"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "beimälım ūşqyş nysan",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "беймәлім ұшқыш нысан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "vɔɔtthohɑhhaəmɨnskŏəlʼɑɑttɑɑhññiən",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "វត្ថុហោះហើរមិនស្គាល់អត្តសញ្ញាណ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mihwaginbihaengmulche",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "미확인비행물체"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "neidentifikuvan letečki objekt",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "неидентификуван летечки објект"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "NLO",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "НЛО"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ül tanigdax nisdeg bijet",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "үл танигдах нисдэг биет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ÜTNB",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "ҮТНБ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "uidentifisert flygende objekt"
        },
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "неопо́знанный лета́ющий объе́кт"
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          "roman": "haⁿdunā nogat piyāᵐbana wastūn",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "හඳුනා නොගත් පියාඹන වස්තූන්"
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          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "roman": "aṭaiyāḷam kaṇṭupiṭikka muṭiyāta paṟakkum poruḷ",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "அடையாளம் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியாத பறக்கும் பொருள்"
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          "roman": "gurtiñcabaḍani egurutunna vastuvu",
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          "word": "గుర్తించబడని ఎగురుతున్న వస్తువు"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "roman": "nepíznanyj litájučyj obʺjékt",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "непі́знаний літа́ючий об'є́кт"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
          "word": "vật thể bay không xác định"
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          "word": "неидентифици́ран летя́щ обе́кт"
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          "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
          "word": "ΑΤΙΑ"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
          "word": "UFO"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "word": "空飛ぶ円盤"
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          "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "objektu hegalari ezezagun"
    },
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      "roman": "njeapaznány ljatájučy abʺjékt",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неапазна́ны лята́ючы аб'е́кт"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neidentificíran letjášt obékt",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неидентифици́ран летя́щ обе́кт"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "objecte volador no identificat"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "不明飛行物體"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "bat¹ ming⁴ fei¹ hang⁴ mat⁶ tai²",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "不明飞行物体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "不明飛行物"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "bùmíng fēixíngwù",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "yōufú",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "幽浮"
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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      "word": "taklen-neyja anaswonys"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "neidentifikovatelný létající předmět"
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      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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      "word": "UFO"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "ne-identifita flug-objekto"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "tunnistamaton lentävä esine"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "amoucnobi mprinavi obiekṭi",
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      "word": "ამოუცნობი მფრინავი ობიექტი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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      "word": "unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "UFO"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ágnostis taftótitas iptámeno antikeímeno",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "άγνωστης ταυτότητας ιπτάμενο αντικείμενο"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ATIA",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "uṛan taśtarī",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "उड़न तश्तरी"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "azonosítatlan repülő tárgy"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fljúgandi furðuhlutur"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "FFH"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oggetto volante non identificato"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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        "abbreviation",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "OVNI"
    },
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      "alt": "ユーフォー",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Yūfō",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "UFO"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mikakunin-hikō-buttai",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "未確認飛行物体"
    },
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      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "aparicita hārāḍuva vastu",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "ಅಪರಿಚಿತ ಹಾರಾಡುವ ವಸ್ತು"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "beimälım ūşqyş nysan",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "беймәлім ұшқыш нысан"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vɔɔtthohɑhhaəmɨnskŏəlʼɑɑttɑɑhññiən",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "វត្ថុហោះហើរមិនស្គាល់អត្តសញ្ញាណ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mihwaginbihaengmulche",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "미확인비행물체"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neidentifikuvan letečki objekt",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неидентификуван летечки објект"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "NLO",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "НЛО"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ül tanigdax nisdeg bijet",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "үл танигдах нисдэг биет"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ÜTNB",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "ҮТНБ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uidentifisert flygende objekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "niezidentyfikowany obiekt latający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "objeto voador não-identificado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obiect zburător neidentificat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neopóznannyj letájuščij obʺjékt",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неопо́знанный лета́ющий объе́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "NLO",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "НЛО"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "haⁿdunā nogat piyāᵐbana wastūn",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "හඳුනා නොගත් පියාඹන වස්තූන්"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "objeto volador no identificado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oidentifierat flygande föremål"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oidentifierat flygande objekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "UFO"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ufo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aṭaiyāḷam kaṇṭupiṭikka muṭiyāta paṟakkum poruḷ",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "அடையாளம் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியாத பறக்கும் பொருள்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "gurtiñcabaḍani egurutunna vastuvu",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "గుర్తించబడని ఎగురుతున్న వస్తువు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "uçan daire"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepíznanyj litájučyj obʺjékt",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "непі́знаний літа́ючий об'є́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "vật thể bay không xác định"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
      "word": "vật thể bay chưa xác định"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "naməlum uçan obyekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "NUO"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neidentificíran letjášt obékt",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неидентифици́ран летя́щ обе́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "飛碟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēidié",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "飞碟"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "ufo"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ATIA",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "ΑΤΙΑ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ユーフォー",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Yūfō",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "UFO"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uchūsen",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "宇宙船"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そらとぶえんばん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sora tobu enban",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "空飛ぶ円盤"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "letájuščaja tarélka",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лета́ющая таре́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "NLO",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "НЛО"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "uçan daire"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
      "word": "UFO"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Edward J. Ruppelt"
  ],
  "word": "unidentified flying object"
}

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