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"(countable) A surname.",
"A surname transferred from the given name."
],
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"en:Places in Warwickshire, England",
"en:Places in the West Midlands, England",
"en:Rivers in England",
"en:Rivers in Warwickshire, England",
"en:Rivers in the West Midlands, England"
],
"glosses": [
"A placename:",
"A river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire)."
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"en:Places in Oxfordshire, England",
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"en:Rivers in Oxfordshire, England",
"en:Rivers in Wiltshire, England"
],
"glosses": [
"A placename:",
"A river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade."
],
"links": [
[
"placename",
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"Wiltshire",
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],
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"Oxfordshire",
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],
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],
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]
],
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]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in England",
"en:Places in Somerset, England",
"en:Villages in England",
"en:Villages in Somerset, England"
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"A placename:",
"A hamlet in Pitcombe parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6633)."
],
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"hamlet"
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"Pitcombe",
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],
[
"Somerset",
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],
[
"England",
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],
[
"OS",
"OS"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
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{
"word": "Cole County"
}
],
"categories": [
"English ellipses"
],
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"A placename:",
"Ellipsis of Cole County."
],
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"Cole County",
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}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/kəʊl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"homophone": "coal"
},
{
"homophone": "cole"
},
{
"homophone": "kohl"
},
{
"homophone": "Kohl"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊl"
}
],
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"en:Cole",
"en:River Cole"
],
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}
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