See Long Island in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌlɔŋ ˈaɪlənd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌlɒŋ ˈaɪlənd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌlɔəŋ(ɡ)ˈɑɪlənd]",
"tags": [
"New-York-City"
]
}
],
"word": "Long Island"
}
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"categories": [
"en:Districts of the Bahamas",
"en:Islands",
"en:Places in the Bahamas"
],
"glosses": [
"A district and long, thin island of the Bahamas."
],
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"island",
"island"
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"ipa": "/ˌlɔŋ ˈaɪlənd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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"ipa": "/ˌlɒŋ ˈaɪlənd/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˌlɔəŋ(ɡ)ˈɑɪlənd]",
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"New-York-City"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "original Arawak name",
"word": "Yuma"
},
{
"english": "name by Christopher Columbus",
"word": "Fernandina"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Chángdǎo",
"sense": "a district of the Bahamas",
"word": "長島 /长岛"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a district of the Bahamas",
"word": "Long Island"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a district of the Bahamas",
"word": "Long Island"
}
],
"word": "Long Island"
}
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