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"feminine"
],
"word": "Cynthie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Kynthía",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Κυνθία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Cintia"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Szintia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Cinzia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Shinshia",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "シンシア"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Sinsia",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "신시아"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Cynthia"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sintija"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "سینتیا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Cyntia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Cíntia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Síntija",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Си́нтия"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Cintia"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Sintija",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Сінтія"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cynthia"
],
"word": "Cynthia"
}
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