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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Olívija",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Оли́вия"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Оливија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Olivija"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Olívia"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Olivija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Olivia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Olivia"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Olívija",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Олі́вія"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Twelfth Night"
],
"word": "Olivia"
}
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