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"word": "Guangdongas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Guangdung",
"sense": "province of China",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Гуангдунг"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "guwangdung",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᡩᡠᠩ"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "kuāṅgṭuṅga",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "कुआंग्टुंग"
},
{
"code": "ryu",
"lang": "Okinawan",
"roman": "Kwantun",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "広東"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Guandún",
"sense": "province of China",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Гуанду́н"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gwaang-dtûng",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "กวางตุ้ง"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kong tung zhing chen",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "ཀོང་ཏུང་ཞིང་ཆེན"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "Quảng Đông"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "Guengjdoeng"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "Gvangjdungh"
}
],
"word": "Guangdong"
}
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