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"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA"
],
"glosses": [
"An unincorporated community in the town of Westboro, Taylor County, Wisconsin."
],
"links": [
[
"unincorporated community",
"unincorporated community"
],
[
"Westboro",
"Westboro#English"
],
[
"Taylor County",
"Taylor County#English"
],
[
"Wisconsin",
"Wisconsin#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in England",
"en:Places in Lancashire, England",
"en:Suburbs in Lancashire, England"
],
"glosses": [
"A suburb of Blackpool, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3237)."
],
"links": [
[
"suburb",
"suburb"
],
[
"Blackpool",
"Blackpool#English"
],
[
"Lancashire",
"Lancashire#English"
],
[
"England",
"England#English"
],
[
"OS",
"OS"
],
[
"List of United Kingdom locations: Q",
"w:List of United Kingdom locations: Q#Qu"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Former name of Cobh, a port town in County Cork in southern Ireland."
],
"links": [
[
"Cobh",
"Cobh#English"
],
[
"port",
"port"
],
[
"town",
"town"
],
[
"County",
"county"
],
[
"Cork",
"Cork"
],
[
"southern",
"southern"
],
[
"Ireland",
"Ireland"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) Former name of Cobh, a port town in County Cork in southern Ireland."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Former name of Queenston, a rural community near Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada."
],
"links": [
[
"Queenston",
"Queenston#English"
],
[
"rural",
"rural"
],
[
"community",
"community"
],
[
"Niagara Falls",
"Niagara Falls"
],
[
"Ontario",
"Ontario"
],
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) Former name of Queenston, a rural community near Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
}
],
"word": "Queenstown"
}
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