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"masculine"
],
"word": "barbecho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barbechera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "öken"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ökenmark"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"word": "çöl"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"word": "çoraklık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pústyšče",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пу́стище"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pústka",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пу́стка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pustovščýna",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пустовщи́на"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pustýr",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пусти́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pustyrýšče",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пустири́ще"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diffaith"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "region with no remaining resources; desert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diffeithdir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"word": "單調的地方"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāndiào de dìfang",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"word": "单调的地方"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pustina"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"word": "ødemark"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "oyðilendi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"word": "joutomaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ödnis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "öde Gegend"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"word": "(kietlen) pusztaság"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eyðimörk"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "öræfi"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "auðn"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pústina",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пу́стина"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pustélija",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пусте́лија"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"word": "tuakau"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "desert",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustýnja",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пусты́ня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "swamp",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bolóto",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "боло́то"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "hole",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dyrá",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дыра́"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ödemark"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "bañjaru",
"sense": "barren and uninteresting place",
"word": "బంజరు"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "devastated area",
"word": "tuhoalue"
}
],
"word": "wasteland"
}
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