See Lester in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"King County#English"
],
[
"Washington",
"Washington#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in West Virginia, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Towns in West Virginia, USA",
"en:Towns in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"A number of places in the United States:",
"A town in Raleigh County, West Virginia."
],
"links": [
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
],
[
"Raleigh County",
"Raleigh County#English"
],
[
"West Virginia",
"West Virginia#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛstɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛstə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "Leicester"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Lester"
],
"word": "Lester"
}
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