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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Chirone"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Keiron",
"sense": "mythology",
"word": "케이론"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Quíron"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Quirão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Quironte"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Xirón",
"sense": "mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Хиро́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Quirón"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "giloni",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "ᎩᎶᏂ"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Ĥirono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Chiron"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Chiron"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Cheíron",
"sense": "astronomy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Χείρων"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Kiron",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "キロン"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "سیارک"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "astronomy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Quíron"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Xirón",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Хиро́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "astronomy",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "Хирон"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "astronomy",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "Hiron"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Quirón"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Xiron",
"sense": "astronomy",
"word": "Хірон"
}
],
"word": "Chiron"
}
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