See Fowler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"United States#English"
],
[
"unincorporated community",
"unincorporated community"
],
[
"Adams County",
"Adams County#English"
],
[
"Illinois",
"Illinois#English"
]
]
},
{
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"en:Places in Indiana, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Towns in Indiana, USA",
"en:Towns in the United States"
],
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"A number of places in the United States:",
"A town, the county seat of Benton County, Indiana."
],
"links": [
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
],
[
"town",
"town"
],
[
"county seat",
"county seat"
],
[
"Benton County",
"Benton County#English"
],
[
"Indiana",
"Indiana#English"
]
]
},
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"en:Cities in the United States",
"en:Places in Kansas, USA",
"en:Places in the United States"
],
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"A number of places in the United States:",
"A minor city in Meade County, Kansas."
],
"links": [
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"United States",
"United States#English"
],
[
"city",
"city"
],
[
"Meade County",
"Meade County#English"
],
[
"Kansas",
"Kansas#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Michigan, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Villages in Michigan, USA",
"en:Villages in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"A number of places in the United States:",
"A village in Clinton County, Michigan."
],
"links": [
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
],
[
"village",
"village"
],
[
"Clinton County",
"Clinton County#English"
],
[
"Michigan",
"Michigan#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Missouri, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA"
],
"glosses": [
"A number of places in the United States:",
"An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri."
],
"links": [
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
],
[
"unincorporated community",
"unincorporated community"
],
[
"Texas County",
"Texas County#English"
],
[
"Missouri",
"Missouri#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in New York, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Towns in New York, USA",
"en:Towns in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"A number of places in the United States:",
"A town in St. Lawrence County, New York."
],
"links": [
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
],
[
"town",
"town"
],
[
"St. Lawrence County",
"St. Lawrence County#English"
],
[
"New York",
"New York#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Australia",
"en:Places in New South Wales, Australia",
"en:Places in Sydney"
],
"glosses": [
"An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia."
],
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[
"Sydney",
"Sydney#English"
],
[
"New South Wales",
"New South Wales#English"
],
[
"Australia",
"Australia#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"Fowler's position."
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"Fowler's position",
"Fowler's position"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(medicine) Fowler's position."
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfaʊlɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "fowler"
},
{
"homophone": "fouler"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊlə(ɹ)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"+#Places"
],
"word": "Fowler"
}
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