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"lang": "Albanian",
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"word": "Eufemie"
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"text": "\"Euphemia is Grandmama's name, my dear.\" The children looked grave. Euphemia sounded very strange and old-fashioned to them. \"Or Effie,\" added Mr. Barclay, \"if you like that better.\"\nEffie, the prettiest of diminutives, gained all suffrages.",
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"text": "\"Euphemia,\" said Kipps at last, unable altogether to keep to himself this suspicion of a high origin that floated so delightfully about him, \"Eu-phemia; it isn't a name common people would give to a girl, is it?\" - - -\n\"It's givin' girls names like that,\" said Buggins, \"that nine times out of ten makes 'em go wrong. It unsettles 'em. If ever I was to have a dozen girls, I'd call 'em all Jane.",
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"sense": "female given name",
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"word": "Eufemie"
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"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Euphémie"
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"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
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"word": "Eufemia"
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"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Euphemia"
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"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ευφημία"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Eufémia"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "female given name",
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"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Aufèmie"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Eufemia"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Eufêmia"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
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"word": "Eufémia"
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"roman": "Jevfimija",
"sense": "female given name",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Евфимия"
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Femia"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "female given name",
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"feminine"
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