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"魯國／鲁国 (Lǔguó); An ancient vassal state of China that existed approximately between 1042–249 BC."
],
"links": [
[
"魯國",
"魯國#Chinese"
],
[
"鲁国",
"鲁国#Chinese"
],
[
"ancient",
"ancient"
],
[
"vassal",
"vassal"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"China",
"China"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlu/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl(i)oʊ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Loo"
},
{
"word": "Lou"
},
{
"word": "Louh"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Lu (state)"
],
"word": "Lu"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"en:Languages"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Lu",
"name": "en-prop"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Synonym of Luren (“a Chinese language”)"
],
"links": [
[
"Luren",
"Luren#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"extra": "a Chinese language",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "Luren"
}
]
}
],
"word": "Lu"
}
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