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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kimera",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "키메라"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kimaira",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "키마이라"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Chimaera"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "himera",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "химера"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "Kimære"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "Khimaira"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "شیمر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "کایْمِرا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Chimera"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Quimera"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quimera"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ximéra",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "химе́ра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Химера"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "химера"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Himera"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "himera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quimera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "chimaira"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "chimära"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kimera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "Chimaira"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "kimera"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "คิเมียรา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon",
"word": "Kimera"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Apulia",
"Chimera (mythology)",
"Chimera of Arezzo",
"Etruscan civilization",
"Louvre",
"Mount Chimaera",
"Strabo"
],
"word": "Chimera"
}
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