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"word": "レオン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "re'on",
"sense": "city in Spain",
"word": "레온"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "city in Spain",
"word": "Legio"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "city in Spain",
"word": "Leona"
},
{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "city in Spain",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Leonas"
},
{
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"roman": "leon",
"sense": "city in Spain",
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],
"word": "लेओन"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "city in Spain",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "city in Spain",
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},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "León",
"sense": "city in Spain",
"word": "Лео́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "city in Spain",
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"sense": "city in Spain",
"word": "Лео́н"
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{
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "region in northwest Spain",
"word": "Llión"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "region in northwest Spain",
"word": "Lleó"
},
{
"code": "ext",
"lang": "Extremaduran",
"sense": "region in northwest Spain",
"word": "Lión"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"Independence, Iowa",
"Juan Ponce de Leon",
"Legio VII Gemina",
"Martín De León",
"Mexican–American War"
],
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"en:Places in France"
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"General-American"
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"General-American"
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"ipa": "/ˈliː.ɒn/",
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"word": "Léon"
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