See Dom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dom.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Dom.wav.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-dom.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/En-au-dom.ogg/En-au-dom.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-au-dom.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒm"
},
{
"homophone": "dom"
},
{
"homophone": "domme"
},
{
"homophone": "Domme"
},
{
"homophone": "dom/me"
},
{
"homophone": "Dom/me"
}
],
"word": "Dom"
}
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