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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Huám",
"sense": "Territory of Guam",
"word": "Гуа́м"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Guám",
"sense": "Territory of Guam",
"word": "Ґуа́м"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "gu'am",
"sense": "Territory of Guam",
"word": "گۇئام"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Territory of Guam",
"word": "Guam"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Territory of Guam",
"word": "đảo Guam"
}
],
"word": "Guam"
}
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