See Rafah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "رَفَح"
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"word": "Ра́фах"
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"sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
"word": "Ράφαχ"
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"word": "Ράφα"
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"sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
"word": "רָפִיחַ"
},
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"sense": "city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine",
"word": "रफ़ह"
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"word": "ラファフ"
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"word": "رَفَح"
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"word": "رَفَح"
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