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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Персеполь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Persépolis"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "taxt-e-jamšīd",
"sense": "ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins",
"word": "تخت جمشید"
}
],
"word": "Persepolis"
}
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