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"feminine"
],
"word": "Златокоса"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fairy tale character",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zlatokosa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fairy tale character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ricitos de Oro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fairy tale character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ricitos Áureos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fairy tale character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ricitos Áuricos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fairy tale character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ricitos Dorados"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fairy tale character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Guldlock"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "happy medium",
"word": "juuri sopiva"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Goldilocks"
],
"word": "Goldilocks"
}
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Kinpatsu no Makike-chan vs. Gorudirokkusu",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Goldilocks",
"trace": ""
}
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