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"province"
],
[
"Indonesia",
"Indonesia#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "a city in Somalia",
"word": "Las Anod"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms",
"en:Cities in Somalia",
"en:Places in Somalia"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Las Anod, a city in Somalia."
],
"links": [
[
"Las Anod",
"Las Anod#English"
],
[
"Somalia",
"Somalia#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Linear A"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Linear A."
],
"links": [
[
"Linear A",
"Linear A#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛl ˈeɪ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌɛɫ ˈlej]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-LA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-LA.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Louisiana"
],
"word": "La."
},
{
"sense": "Los Angeles",
"word": "L.A."
},
{
"sense": "Los Angeles",
"word": "L. A."
}
],
"word": "LA"
}
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