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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "Լեւանտ"
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"code": "bn",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "শাম"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "Lèifàntè",
"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "累范特"
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "黎凡特"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "Levantti"
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "ლევანტი"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Levántes",
"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"tags": [
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"word": "לֶבַנְט"
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "Austurlönd nær"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "Syam"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Levante"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "レバント"
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "レヴァント"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "레반트"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "Syam"
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"word": "Шом"
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
"word": "ลิแวนต์"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"code": "ur",
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"word": "شام"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea",
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"An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea"
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"ref": "1976, Geoffrey Wolff, Black Sun, New York Review of Books, published 2003, page 173:",
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