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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "female given name",
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"word": "Rebéka"
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"code": "sq",
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"sense": "female given name",
"word": "رِفْقَة"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "Lìbèikǎ",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "麗貝卡 /丽贝卡"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Rebecca"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Rebekka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Rebecca"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "female given name",
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Rebecca"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "Rebekka",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "レベッカ"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Rīpeka"
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"sense": "female given name",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "female given name",
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"word": "Rebeca"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "רבֿקה"
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"One who protested in the Rebecca Riots; a Rebeccaite."
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