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"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Piri"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "بیل"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bill"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bill"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "Bill",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "Bill",
"word": "Билл"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Guille"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "Bill",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "Bill",
"word": "Білл"
}
],
"word": "Bill"
}
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