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"ref": "1773 December 26, New York Gazette, p. 3",
"text": "Last Monday the Anniversary of St. Nicholas, otherwise called St. A Claus, was celebrated at Protestant-Hall."
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"ref": "1808 January 25, Salmagundi, p. 407",
"text": "The noted St. Nicholas, vulgarly called Santaclaus—of all the saints in the kalendar the most venerated by true hollanders, and their unsophisticated descendants."
},
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"ref": "1828 November, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, letter to his mother from Italy",
"text": "Here, too, the winter festivals are just commencing; and the toy-shops are full of dolls and gew-gaws for the Bifana, who acts here the same comedy for children that Santiclaus does in America."
},
{
"ref": "1937 August, Lawrence Martin, \"The Odyssey of a Bogeyman\", Esquire, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 39",
"text": "This is one of the developments Karl Marx failed to predict. Had he foreseen it he might have expired in guffaws, rolling in the aisle of the British Museum Library amid the notes for Das Kapital, that bearded Santa Claus of the revolution who slipped the unwanted gift of communism down the world's chimneys."
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"ref": "1980, Douglas Day Stewart, The Blue Lagoon",
"text": "Emmeline: Oh Richard, you can't know everything. Only God knows everything.\nRichard: God—He can't find us any better than Santa Claus.",
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"ref": "2005, Gerry Bowler, “Santa the Adman”, in Santa Claus: A Biography, McClelland & Stewart, page 142",
"text": "By 1900, department-store Santa Clauses were common – lodged in grottoes, cottages, and workshops or on thrones, they presided over a never-ending stream of children.",
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"(folklore) A figure said to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time."
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"word": "Father Christmas"
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{
"word": "Kris Kringle"
},
{
"word": "Saint Claus"
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"word": "Saint Nicholas"
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{
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Vader Kersfees"
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"roman": "yägäna ʾäbat",
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"word": "የገና አባት"
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"roman": "Jmeṙ Pap",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Santa Klaus"
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Şaxta baba"
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"sense": "fictional figure",
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"word": "ဆန်တာကလော့စ်"
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"roman": "sing³ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴",
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "kw",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Tas Nadelik"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "Santa Claus"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "da",
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"word": "julemanden"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "sankt Nikolaus"
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "Kerstman"
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Avo Frosto"
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"word": "Kristnaska Viro"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Jõuluvana"
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"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "jólamaður"
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "joulupukki"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "Père Noël"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "fr",
"english": "Father Christmas",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictional figure",
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"word": "Papa Noël"
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"english": "6 December",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"roman": "tovlis babua",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "თოვლის ბაბუა"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "tovlis ṗaṗa",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "თოვლის პაპა"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sanṭa ḳlausi",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "სანტა კლაუსი"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "de",
"english": "Christmas",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
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"word": "Christkind"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "juulimaaq"
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"word": "Tonton Nwèl"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "haw",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Kanakaloka"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
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"roman": "santa klaus",
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"word": "סנטה קלאוס"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "sāntā klŏs",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "सांता क्लॉस"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "sāntā klŏz",
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"word": "सांता क्लॉज़"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Mikulás"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "jólasveinninn"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Sinterklas"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "Daidí na Nollag"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "San Nioclás"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"word": "Saintí"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Babbo Natale"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "サンタクロース"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "Aäz ata",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Аяз ата"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "kk",
"english": "Santa-Klaus",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Санта-Клаус"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "taa nouʼael",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "តាណូអែល"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "ko",
"english": "Santa Keulloseu",
"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "산타 클로스"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sān tā kha lǭt sa",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "ຊານຕາ ຄລອດສ"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pater natālis"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ziemassvētku vecītis"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "kalėdų senelis"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "lu",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
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"word": "Kleeschen"
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"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Dedo Mraz",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Дедо Мраз"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Santa Klaws"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "Noo Niglus"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Hana Kōkō"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "mn",
"english": "Santa Klaus",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"sense": "fictional figure",
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"word": "Санта Клаус"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "Övliin övgön",
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"word": "Өвлийн өвгөн"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
"code": "nv",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Késhmish Hastiin"
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 17 3 0",
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"ref": "1773 December 26, New York Gazette, p. 3",
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"ref": "1808 January 25, Salmagundi, p. 407",
"text": "The noted St. Nicholas, vulgarly called Santaclaus—of all the saints in the kalendar the most venerated by true hollanders, and their unsophisticated descendants."
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"ref": "1828 November, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, letter to his mother from Italy",
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{
"ref": "1937 August, Lawrence Martin, \"The Odyssey of a Bogeyman\", Esquire, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 39",
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"ref": "1980, Douglas Day Stewart, The Blue Lagoon",
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"ref": "1978, Henry Grayson, Clemens A. Loew, Changing approaches to the psychotherapies, page 314",
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"word": "የገና አባት"
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"code": "ar",
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"word": "بَابَا نُوِيل"
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"code": "yue",
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],
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "თოვლის ბაბუა"
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],
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"code": "el",
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"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
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],
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"code": "ga",
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],
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "km",
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"word": "តាណូអែល"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "산타 클로스"
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{
"code": "lo",
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"roman": "sān tā kha lǭt sa",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "ຊານຕາ ຄລອດສ"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pater natālis"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ziemassvētku vecītis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kalėdų senelis"
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{
"code": "lu",
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"tags": [
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"word": "Kleeschen"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"word": "Дедо Мраз"
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{
"code": "mt",
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"code": "gv",
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"word": "Noo Niglus"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Hana Kōkō"
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"code": "mn",
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"code": "mn",
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"word": "Өвлийн өвгөн"
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{
"code": "nv",
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"word": "Késhmish Hastiin"
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"word": "Papa Noué"
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"code": "nb",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "julenisse"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"word": "نوئل بابا"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"word": "نوئل پدر"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "پدر نوئل"
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{
"code": "fa-ira",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "بابا نوئِل"
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"code": "fa-ira",
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"word": "بابانوئِل"
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"code": "pdt",
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],
"word": "Wienachtsmaun"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Święty Mikołaj"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
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"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pai Natal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Papai Noel"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Moș Crăciun"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "Slavic style",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Ded Moróz",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Дед Моро́з"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "Western style",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Santa-Kláus",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Санта-Кла́ус"
},
{
"code": "sms",
"lang": "Skolt Sami",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "rosttovkääʹlles"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Faither Yuil"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Santae Claus"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bodach na Nollaige"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Daidaín na Nollaig"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Деда Мраз"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Deda Mraz"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhala",
"roman": "nattal sīya",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "නත්තල් සීය"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mikuláš"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Božiček"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"South-America",
"Spain"
],
"word": "Papá Noel"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
],
"word": "Santa Claus"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"Chile"
],
"word": "Viejito Pascuero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"Honduras",
"Venezuela"
],
"word": "San Nicolás"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "jultomten"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"Finland",
"common-gender"
],
"word": "julgubben"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "tomten"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Santa-Klaus"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "Boboyi Barfī",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Бобои Барфӣ"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "nattār tāttā",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "நத்தார் தாத்தா"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kiṟittumacu tāttā",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "கிறித்துமசு தாத்தா"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "cāṇṭā kulōs",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "சாண்டா குலோஸ்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "saan-dtaa-klɔ́ɔt",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "ซานตาคลอส"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "saan-dtâa",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "ซานตา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Noel Baba"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Svjatýj Mykoláj",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Святи́й Микола́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "Slavic style",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Did Moróz",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Дід Моро́з"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "Western style",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Sánta-Kláus",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Са́нта-Кла́ус"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sāntā kilāz",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سانْتا کِلاز"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sāntā klāz",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سانْتا کْلاز"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Santa Klaus"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Avliyo Nikolas"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Qorbobo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "ông già Nô en"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "ông già Santa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "ông già Noel"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Fatül Kritid"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Siôn Corn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Santa Clos"
},
{
"code": "zea",
"lang": "Zealandic",
"sense": "fictional figure",
"word": "Sinterklaos"
}
],
"word": "Santa Claus"
}
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