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"translation": "Marks",
"word": "Маркс"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"lang_code": "si",
"roman": "māks",
"sense": "surname",
"word": "මාක්ස්"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "mâak",
"sense": "surname",
"word": "มากซ์"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "Marks",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"sense": "surname",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"translation": "Marks",
"word": "Маркс"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "surname",
"word": "Marx"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"note": "phonetic respelling",
"sense": "surname",
"word": "Mác"
}
],
"word": "Marks"
}
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