See Scylla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "Szkülla"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Scilla"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Seukilla",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"word": "스킬라"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Scylla"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Scylla"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Skylla"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Cila"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Scila"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Scílla",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Сци́лла"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Scila"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Escila"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"word": "Skylla"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Skilla",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Скілла"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Scýlla",
"sense": "personification of the rock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Сци́лла"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Scylla (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "Scylla"
}
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