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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese Beja.",
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"args": {},
"expansion": "Beja",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
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"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
"en:Beja District, Portugal",
"en:Cities in Portugal",
"en:Districts and autonomous regions of Portugal",
"en:Places in Portugal"
],
"glosses": [
"A city and district of Portugal."
],
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"city",
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],
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"district",
"district"
],
[
"Portugal",
"Portugal#English"
]
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Béja"
},
{
"word": "Tunisia"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of Béja, Tunisia."
],
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[
"Béja",
"Béja#English"
],
[
"Tunisia",
"Tunisia"
]
],
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"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "Beja"
}
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"path": [
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Beja",
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