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{
"ipa": "/ˈdɑːnə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdeɪ.nə/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdænə/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːnə"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dana2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dana2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dana2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dana2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dana2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dana.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dana.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dana.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dana.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dana.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dānatu",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَانَةُ"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dana"
}
],
"word": "Dana"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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