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"sense": "the town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Рединг"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "reḍḍiṅ",
"sense": "the town",
"word": "రెడ్డిఙ్"
}
],
"word": "Reading"
}
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