See Katy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"English nouns",
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"Rhymes:English/eɪti",
"Rhymes:English/eɪti/2 syllables",
"en:Apple cultivars",
"en:Nicknames"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "Katies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Katy (plural Katies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An apple cultivar from Sweden."
],
"links": [
[
"apple",
"apple"
],
[
"Sweden",
"Sweden"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkeɪti/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʰeɪ̯ɾi]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪti"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "feminine given name",
"word": "Catie"
},
{
"sense": "feminine given name",
"word": "Caty"
},
{
"sense": "feminine given name",
"word": "Katie"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"National Fruit Collection"
],
"word": "Katy"
}
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