See LOC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Library of Congress"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Library of Congress."
],
"links": [
[
"Library of Congress",
"w:Library of Congress"
]
],
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "LC"
}
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Line of Control"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Line of Control."
],
"links": [
[
"Line of Control",
"Line of Control#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
}
],
"word": "LOC"
}
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