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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Doroteia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Dorotéja",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Дороте́я"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Dóroti",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"transliteration"
],
"word": "До́роти"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dorotea"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Dorotea"
}
],
"word": "Dorothy"
}
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