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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "披頭四"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Pītóusì",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "Beatles"
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
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"word": "Beatles"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bitlzi",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "ბითლზი"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"tags": [
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"plural"
],
"word": "Beatles"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Bitls",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "Μπητλς"
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "द बीटल्स"
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "Bítlarnir"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "Bītoruzu",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "ビートルズ"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "za-Bītoruzu",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "ザ・ビートルズ"
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"roman": "di bīṭals",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "ದಿ ಬೀಟಲ್ಸ್"
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"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "bīṭals",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "ಬೀಟಲ್ಸ್"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Biteuljeu",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "비틀즈"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deo Biteuljeu",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "더 비틀즈"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "di bīṟṟilsŭ",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "ദി ബീറ്റിൽസ്"
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "ബീറ്റിൽസ്"
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"code": "mr",
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "बीटल्स"
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "Bitlz",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
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"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "da biṭalsa",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "द बिटल्स"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bitelz",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "بیتلز"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
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"word": "Os Beatles"
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"code": "ru",
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"plural"
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"code": "ru",
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"plural"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
"tags": [
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"word": "Битлси"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
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"word": "Beatlesi"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "rock music quartet",
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"plural"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
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"plural"
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"word": "Beatles"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"tags": [
"plural"
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "pīṭṭils",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "பீட்டில்ஸ்"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "da bīṭils",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "ద బీటిల్స్"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "bīṭils",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "బీటిల్స్"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dùh bèet-tern",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "เดอะบีตเทิลส์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"word": "Beatles"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Bitlz",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "Бітлз"
},
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "di bitls",
"sense": "rock music quartet",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "די ביטלס"
}
],
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"The Crickets"
],
"word": "Beatles"
}
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"English blends",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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"English non-lemma forms",
"English noun forms",
"English pluralia tantum",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
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