See Appalachia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "آپالاش"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âpâlâš",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "آپالاش"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âpâlâšyâ",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "آپالاشیا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âpâlâčyâ",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "آپالاچیا"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Appalachia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "Apaláchia"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "Appalachia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "Appalachia"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "aepphalechia",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "แอปพาเลเชีย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "Apalaş"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "āypalācā",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "ایپلاچا"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains",
"word": "Appalachia"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Appalachia"
],
"word": "Appalachia"
}
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