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"word": "Sofokles"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sófocles"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"word": "Sophokles"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"word": "Sofocle"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Sofókl",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Софо́кл"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Софокле"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Софокло"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "Sofokle"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "Sofoklo"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sòfocli"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sofucli"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sofokles"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"word": "Sófocles"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"word": "Sofokles"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"word": "Sofokles"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Sofókl",
"sense": "Greek dramatic poet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Софо́кл"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Sophocles"
],
"word": "Sophocles"
}
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