See Sava in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "s"
},
"expansion": "Sava (plural Savas)",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English renderings of Ukrainian male given names",
"English terms borrowed from Ukrainian",
"English terms derived from Ukrainian"
],
"glosses": [
"A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Сава (Sava)"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Сава",
"Сава#Ukrainian"
]
]
}
],
"word": "Sava"
}
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