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"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"word": "Nairóbi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Najróbi",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Найро́би"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Најроби"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Najrobi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nairobi"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"word": "Nairobi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Nairobi"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nai-roo-bii",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"word": "ไนโรบี"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "na'i ro bi",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"word": "ནའི་རོ་བི།"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "capital of Kenya",
"word": "Nai-rô-bi"
}
],
"word": "Nairobi"
}
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