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"English three-letter words",
"English uncountable nouns",
"en:Bible"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yue",
"3": "羅"
},
"expansion": "Cantonese 羅／罗 (lo⁴)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Luo"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Luo",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Cantonese 羅／罗 (lo⁴). Doublet of Luo.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Law",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English surnames from Chinese"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Chinese."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:Law_(disambiguation)"
],
"word": "Law"
}
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