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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "male given name",
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"sense": "male given name",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "gv",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "male given name",
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "male given name",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "male given name",
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"word": "ალანები"
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"code": "de",
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"masculine",
"plural"
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"plural"
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"word": "ала́н"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "âlân",
"sense": "member of a Sarmatian tribe",
"word": "آلان"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "member of a Sarmatian tribe",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alano"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"masculine"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "member of a Sarmatian tribe",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alano"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "member of a Sarmatian tribe",
"word": "Alan"
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