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"categories": [
"en:Places in Wisconsin, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA",
"en:Unincorporated communities in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"A number of places in the United States:",
"An unincorporated community in Springbrook, Washburn County, Wisconsin."
],
"links": [
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
],
[
"unincorporated",
"unincorporated"
],
[
"community",
"community"
],
[
"Springbrook",
"Springbrook#English"
],
[
"Washburn County",
"Washburn County#English"
],
[
"Wisconsin",
"Wisconsin#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɜːl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɝl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)l"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "arlo",
"sense": "male given name meaning \"an earl\"",
"word": "আর্ল"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Āru",
"sense": "male given name meaning \"an earl\"",
"word": "アール"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Erl",
"sense": "male given name meaning \"an earl\"",
"word": "Эрл"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "male given name meaning \"an earl\"",
"word": "Jarl"
}
],
"word": "Earl"
}
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