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{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jenny"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janey"
},
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"word": "Janie"
},
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"word": "Janice"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janis"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jumeirah Jane"
}
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},
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},
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},
{
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"2": "he",
"3": "יוֹחָנָה",
"lit": "God is gracious",
"tr": "Yôḥānāh"
},
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"name": "der"
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"15": "Shavonne",
"16": "Sian",
"17": "Siobhan",
"18": "Shane",
"19": "Shaun",
"2": "Gianna",
"20": "Shauna",
"21": "Sheena",
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"5": "Janice",
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"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role.\nDoublet of Gianna, Ivana, Jana, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.",
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}
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{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jan"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janeka"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janelle"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janet"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janette"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janice"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janine"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Janis"
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{
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"word": "Jean"
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{
"_dis1": "50 50",
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{
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"word": "Jeanne"
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{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jeannette"
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{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jenna"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jennie"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jenny"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jessie"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jo"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Joan"
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{
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"word": "Joann"
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{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Joanna"
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{
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"word": "Joanne"
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{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jodi"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jodie"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Jody"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Johanna"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Juana"
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{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"word": "Juanita"
}
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{
"ref": "1605, William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, published 1870, pages 103–104",
"text": "In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane, as it may seem, for that Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:",
"text": "People will please their fancies, and every lady has favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. Jane, that queenly name! Jane Seymour, Jane Grey, 'the noble Jane de Montford;' - - -",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1912 Saki (H.H.Munro), The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope",
"text": "\"What I mean is,\" said Mrs. Riversedge, \"that when I get maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane; they soon get used to it.\"\n\"An excellent plan,\" said the aunt of Clovis coldly; \"unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name.\""
}
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"A female given name from French, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century."
],
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"John"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jīhān",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "جِيهَان"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "jeyn",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "جِين"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "gīhān",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "جيهان"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "jêin",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "জ্যাইন"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "Jána",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Я́на"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Joana"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "簡"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Jiǎn",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "简"
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{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jana"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Johanne"
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Johanna"
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Johanino"
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"transliteration"
],
"word": "Ĝejn"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Johanna"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Jeanne"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Xoana"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Johanna"
},
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Ioánna",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ιωάννα"
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"code": "el",
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"from English"
],
"roman": "Tzéin",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"transliteration"
],
"word": "Τζέιν"
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{
"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Juaanna"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jóhanna"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Siobhán"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giovanna"
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"for Jane"
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"transliteration"
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"word": "ジェーン"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Jein",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "제인"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Iohanna"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "la",
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"code": "gv",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Jinn"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Hēni"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Hoana"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "nap",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Juanna"
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"code": "nrf",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
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"word": "Jénîn"
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"feminine"
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{
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"code": "nrf",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Jeanneton"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Johanne"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
"code": "no",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Janina"
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"feminine"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Joana"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "Ivánna",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ива́нна"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "Džejn",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
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"word": "Джейн"
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"word": "Джен"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "feminine form of John",
"word": "Sìne"
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"sense": "feminine form of John",
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"_dis1": "59 41",
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"word": "Djihene"
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"_dis1": "59 41",
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"A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a Middle English variant of John."
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"homophone": "Jain"
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"17": "Siobhan",
"18": "Shane",
"19": "Shaun",
"2": "Gianna",
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"21": "Sheena",
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"4": "Jana",
"5": "Janice",
"6": "Janis",
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},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin Johanna",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Ioanna"
},
"expansion": "Latin Ioanna",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Iōhannēs"
},
"expansion": "Latin Iōhannēs",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc-koi",
"3": "Ἰωάννα"
},
"expansion": "Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "he",
"3": "יוֹחָנָה",
"lit": "God is gracious",
"tr": "Yôḥānāh"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "יְהוֹחָנָן",
"tr": "Yəhōḥānān"
},
"expansion": "יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "John"
},
"expansion": "John",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "John"
},
"expansion": "John",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jack"
},
"expansion": "Jack",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Joan"
},
"expansion": "Joan",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"10": "Joan",
"11": "Joanna",
"12": "Joanne",
"13": "Johanna",
"14": "Juana",
"15": "Shavonne",
"16": "Sian",
"17": "Siobhan",
"18": "Shane",
"19": "Shaun",
"2": "Gianna",
"20": "Shauna",
"21": "Sheena",
"3": "Ivana",
"4": "Jana",
"5": "Janice",
"6": "Janis",
"7": "Jean",
"8": "Jeanne",
"9": "Jen"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Gianna, Ivana, Jana, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role.\nDoublet of Gianna, Ivana, Jana, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Janes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Jane (plural Janes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"used as a placeholder name for any woman, especially a young working-class woman"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) used as a placeholder name for any woman, especially a young working-class woman"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What happened to your regular Jane?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A girlfriend."
],
"links": [
[
"girlfriend",
"girlfriend"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A girlfriend."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "female client of a prostitute",
"word": "jane"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of jane (“female client of a prostitute”)"
],
"links": [
[
"jane",
"jane#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/d͡ʒeɪn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪn"
},
{
"homophone": "Jain"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Jane.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Jane.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Jane.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Jane.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Jane.wav.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "jane"
},
{
"word": "Jayne"
},
{
"word": "Jaine"
}
],
"word": "Jane"
}
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