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"word": "Годзила"
},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "go¹ si¹ laai¹",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "哥斯拉"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Gēsīlā",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "哥斯拉"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "Godzilo"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "Godzilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Godzilla"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Godzilla"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Gkontzíla",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Γκοντζίλα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Gkotzíla",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Γκοτζίλα"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "Godzíla",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גוֹדְזִילָה"
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"code": "hi",
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"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
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"masculine"
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"word": "गोडज़िला"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "goḍjilā",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "gogolā",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"word": "고지라"
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"roman": "Gojilla",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "고질라"
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "gōḍsilla",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "ഗോഡ്സില്ല"
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"code": "mr",
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"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "गॉडझिला"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "godzilâ",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "گودزیلا"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Godzilla"
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "Godzilla"
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "ta",
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"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "காட்சில்லா"
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "ก็อตซิลลา"
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "ก็อตซิลล่า"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ґодзі́лла"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Japanese science-fiction monster",
"word": "Godzilla"
}
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"word": "-zilla"
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"ipa": "/ɡɒdˈzɪlə/",
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