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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "Koyperi goti",
"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
"word": "Կոյպերի գոտի"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"roman": "pójas na Kájper",
"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
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"word": "по́яс на Ка́йпер"
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"roman": "Kēyībó dài",
"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
"word": "柯伊伯帶 /柯伊伯带"
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"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
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"word": "Kuiperův pás"
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"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
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"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
"word": "Sabuk Kuiper"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
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"word": "fascia di Kuiper"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "Kaipāberuto",
"sense": "region of space in the Solar System",
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"word": "по́яс Ко́йпера"
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"code": "es",
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