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"3": "جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ",
"t": "The Island of Mālāī",
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French Madagascar, from Madageiscar, popularly reputed as a corrupted transliteration of Mogadishu by Marco Polo's misreading of Arabic. The maps of particular interest are that of al-Idrisi in the 12th century, who produced the Tabula Rogeriana, the most advanced world map at the time.\nThe actual misconstrued term was Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”) listed alongside Arabic جَزِيرَة القَمَر (jazīrat al-qamar, “The Island of the Moon”) which lent its name to Comoros; Madagascar however likely being the original based on its dimensions.\nThe map in question warps the direction of Africa's east coast to be parallel to the coast of southeast Asia, prompting a conflation of the regions furthest east and furthest south, in the reaches of Arab exploration. This perhaps makes the Island of Mālāī both representing Madagascar and an island in Indonesia, likely Sumatra, in close proximity to Malaysia. To conflate matters further, the populations of both regions are of Austronesian background, a fact pointed out by Arab explorers who identified Madagascar as colony of the former region. A second wave of Austronesians, including Malays, did indeed migrate to the island after the first group had originally left from what was likely Southern Borneo from linguistic and genetic analysis.\n\"Mālāī-Gezīra\" also holds connection to the term for the people and languages of the island, Malagasy, which had earlier forms Malegass and Madegass, because of dialect division.",
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{
"word": "Madagascar bean"
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{
"word": "Madagascar hissing cockroach"
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{
"word": "Madagascar jasmine"
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"word": "Madagascar plum"
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{
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{
"word": "Mauritius"
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{
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{
"word": "Mozambique"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "Nigeria"
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{
"word": "Republic of the Congo"
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{
"word": "Rwanda"
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{
"word": "São Tomé and Príncipe"
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{
"word": "Senegal"
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{
"word": "Seychelles"
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{
"word": "Sierra Leone"
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{
"word": "Somalia"
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{
"word": "South Africa"
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{
"word": "South Sudan"
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{
"word": "Sudan"
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{
"word": "Tanzania"
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{
"word": "Togo"
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{
"word": "Tunisia"
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{
"word": "Uganda"
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{
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{
"word": "Zambia"
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"word": "ማዳጋስካር"
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"roman": "madaḡašqar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"word": "مَدَغَشْقَر"
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"roman": "Madagaskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Մադագասկար"
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"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "madagaskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "মাদাগাস্কাৰ"
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"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "maddagašqar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܡܲܕܲܓܲܫܩܲܪ"
},
{
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madaqaskar"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "Madahaskár",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"word": "Мадагаска́р"
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"roman": "madagaskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "মাদাগাস্কার"
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ma.dagatca.ka:",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "မဒါဂတ်စကား"
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"word": "Madagascar"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "馬達加斯加"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Mǎdájiāsījiā",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "马达加斯加"
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "maḍagaskara",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "މަޑަގަސްކަރަ"
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagascar"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagascar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "madagasḳari",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "მადაგასკარი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Madagaskári",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Μαδαγασκάρη"
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{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "madagaskár",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "מדגסקר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "meḍāgāskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "मेडागास्कर"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maiḍāgāskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"tags": [
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"word": "मैडागास्कर"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaszkár"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"tags": [
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"word": "Madagaskar"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskara"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagascar"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Madagascar"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Madagasukaru",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "マダガスカル"
},
{
"code": "kam",
"lang": "Kamba",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaska"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "Madagaskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Мадагаскар"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "maadaagiəskaa",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "ម៉ាដាហ្គាស្ការ"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaska"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Madagaseukareu",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "마다가스카르"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Madagaseukkareu",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "마다가스까르"
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "Madagaskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Мадагаскар"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mā dā kat kā",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "ມາດາກັດກາ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mā dā kā sa kā",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "ມາດາກາສະກາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagascaria"
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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{
"code": "luy",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaska"
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"code": "luo",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaska"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "Madagáskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"word": "Мадага́скар"
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{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagasikara"
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagascar"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Marakāhia"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Matakahaka"
},
{
"code": "mer",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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{
"code": "mn",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyah"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagascar"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mâdâgâskâr",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "ماداگاسکار"
},
{
"code": "pih",
"lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagascar"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"word": "Madagáscar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "mādāgāskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਮਾਦਾਗਾਸਕਰ"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "Madagaskár",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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{
"code": "sco",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"word": "Мадагаскар"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "mæḍagaskaraya",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "මැඩගස්කරය"
},
{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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{
"code": "sl",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Bukini"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaska"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "Madagaskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Мадагаскар"
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{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "Madağaskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Мадагаскар"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "maa-daa-gás-gâa",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "มาดากัสการ์"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ma da gā si kar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "མ་ད་གཱ་སི་ཀར"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "madagaskar",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "ማዳጋስካር"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
},
{
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"code": "luo",
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "mer",
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"code": "nrf",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"code": "pih",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pa",
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"word": "ਮਾਦਾਗਾਸਕਰ"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sco",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "si",
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"word": "මැඩගස්කරය"
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "es",
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"word": "Madagascar"
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaska"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "Madagaskar"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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"code": "tg",
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"code": "th",
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"word": "มาดากัสการ์"
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"code": "bo",
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"sense": "country in Southern Africa",
"word": "མ་ད་གཱ་སི་ཀར"
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"code": "ti",
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"word": "Madagaskar"
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"code": "tk",
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