See whirlwind on Wiktionary
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "refolada"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "grigali",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "გრიგალი"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "karišxali",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ქარიშხალი"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbelwind"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbelsturm"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anemostróvilos",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ανεμοστρόβιλος"
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"roman": "laîlaps",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λαῖλαψ"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "anoraarsuaq"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bavaṇḍar",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "बवंडर"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cakravāt",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चक्रवात"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "forgószél"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "aerovortico"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "viihkura"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuaifeach"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "turbine"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"alt": "つむじかぜ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsumujikaze",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "旋風"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qūiyn",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "құйын"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑmbot tboung",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "កំបុតត្បូង"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonpung",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "선풍"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"roman": "kuyun",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hūa kut",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ຫົວກຸດ"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "chak ka wāt",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ຈັກກະວາດ"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "turbō"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vertex"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viesulis"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viesulas"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"roman": "víor",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́ор"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "tūkauati"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ānewa o te rangi"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "urupuhau"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Mongolian",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "хуй"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "náátsʼóʼoołdísii"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "virvelvind"
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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],
"word": "virvelvind"
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "kvervelvind"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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],
"word": "þoden"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "om",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "bubbee"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "burağan",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "بوراغان"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tulumba",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "طولومبه"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gerdbâd",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "گردباد"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbelstorm"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "trąba powietrzna"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "turbilhão"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "vāvrolā",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ਵਾਵਰੋਲਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vixrʹ",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вихрь"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ru",
"english": "tornado",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smerč",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смерч"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ioma-ghaoth"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви̏хор"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"masculine"
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"word": "vȉhor"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "víchrica"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "vihar"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "torbellino"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "virvelvind"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "buhawi"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ipu-ipo"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"roman": "girdbod",
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"word": "гирдбод"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "qoyen",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "коен"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "suḍigāli",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "సుడిగాలి"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lom-won",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ลมวน"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "paa-yú-mǔn",
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"word": "พายุหมุน"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "bâa-mǔu",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "บ้าหมู"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "burağan"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "kasırga"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výxor",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́хор"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "quyun",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "قۇيۇن"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "uyurma"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "quyun"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "gió lốc"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "lốc"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "troellwynt"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "awel dro"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "corwynt"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"feminine"
],
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"roman": "chak ka wāt",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ຈັກກະວາດ"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "viesulis"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"word": "ви́ор"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "tūkauati"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "āwhiowhio"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ānewa o te rangi"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "urupuhau"
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"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuj",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "хуй"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "náátsʼóʼoołdísii"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "kvervelvind"
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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"word": "þoden"
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{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "burağan",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "بوراغان"
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tulumba",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "طولومبه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gerdbâd",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "گردباد"
},
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Wirbelstorm"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "trąba powietrzna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "turbilhão"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "vāvrolā",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ਵਾਵਰੋਲਾ"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vixrʹ",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вихрь"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "tornado",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smerč",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смерч"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ioma-ghaoth"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "ви̏хор"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "vȉhor"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "víchrica"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vihar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "torbellino"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
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"word": "virvelvind"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "buhawi"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ipu-ipo"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "girdbod",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "гирдбод"
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"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "qoyen",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "коен"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "suḍigāli",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "సుడిగాలి"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lom-won",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "ลมวน"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "paa-yú-mǔn",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "พายุหมุน"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bâa-mǔu",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "บ้าหมู"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "burağan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "kasırga"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výxor",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́хор"
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{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "quyun",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "قۇيۇن"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "uyurma"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "quyun"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "gió lốc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"word": "lốc"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "troellwynt"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "awel dro"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "corwynt"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent windstorm of limited extent characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trowynt"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"word": "一片忙亂"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yī piàn mángluàn",
"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"word": "一片忙乱"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"word": "pyörremyrsky"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Wirbelwind"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "laílapa",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "el",
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"masculine"
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"word": "ανεμοστρόβιλος"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "virvelvind"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "virvelvind"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"word": "kvervelvind"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uragán",
"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "урага́н"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "body of objects or events sweeping violently onward",
"word": "tromba"
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