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"word": "تْشَانْغْشَا"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "長沙"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "coeng⁴ saa¹",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "长沙"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "長沙"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "Diòng-să",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "长沙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "長沙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Chángshā",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "长沙"
},
{
"code": "hsn",
"lang": "Xiang Chinese",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "長沙"
},
{
"code": "hsn",
"lang": "Xiang Chinese",
"roman": "zhan² sa¹",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "长沙"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "Changsha"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "Csangsa"
},
{
"alt": "ちょうさ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Chōsa",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "長沙"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Changsa",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "창사"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sāng sā",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "ຊາງຊາ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Čanšá",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Чанша́"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "ฉางชา"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "changsha",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "چاڭشا"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "Trường Sa"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "city in south-central China and other locations in China",
"word": "Cangzsah"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Changsha",
"Changsha (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "Changsha"
}
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