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"roman": "Bäzıl",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Бәзіл"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "basilli",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "바실리"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Basilius"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Basilijs"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Vasil",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Васил"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Basili"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bausilha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bazyli"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Basílio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vasile"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "cognate",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Vasílij",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Васи́лий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Bɛ́zil",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"transliteration"
],
"word": "Бэ́зил"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bazilije"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Василије"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vasil"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bazilij"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Basilio"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "cognate",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Vasýlʹ",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Васи́ль"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "vasili",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "וואַסילי"
}
],
"word": "Basil"
}
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