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"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rudolphus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rudolfus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rūdolfs"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Rudolf"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "rudolf",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "رودولف"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rudolf"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rodolfo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "Rudólʹf",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Рудо́льф"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Rodolfo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Rolf"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Rodolfo"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rwdolff"
}
],
"word": "Rudolph"
}
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