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"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schlesien"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Śląsk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silésia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silezia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Silézija",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Силе́зия"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "Шлеска"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "Šleska"
},
{
"code": "szl",
"lang": "Silesian",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ślōnsk"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sliezsko"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Šlesija"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Šlazyńska"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silesia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "region",
"word": "Schlesien"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "region",
"word": "Silezya"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Silezija",
"sense": "region",
"word": "Сілезія"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "region",
"word": "Šleska"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shlesing",
"sense": "region",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "שלעסינג"
}
],
"word": "Silesia"
}
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