See Chang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English surnames from Korean"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Korean."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃæŋ/",
"note": "generally"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Jang"
},
{
"word": "Zang"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Chang (surname)"
],
"word": "Chang"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/æŋ",
"Rhymes:English/æŋ/1 syllable",
"en:Languages"
],
"etymology_number": 6,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Chang",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A Naga language spoken in north-eastern India."
],
"links": [
[
"Naga",
"Naga"
],
[
"India",
"India"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃæŋ/",
"note": "generally"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Chang (surname)"
],
"word": "Chang"
}
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