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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "suṗermeni",
"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
"word": "სუპერმენი"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"word": "Superman"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Yperánthropos",
"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"masculine"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"word": "Σούπερμαν"
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सुपरमैन"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Superman"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "Sūpāman",
"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
"word": "スーパーマン"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "Syupeomaen",
"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"code": "la",
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"roman": "Súpermen",
"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"word": "Су́пермен"
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"masculine"
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"word": "सुपरमॅन"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
"word": "Supermann"
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
"word": "Stålmannen"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
"word": "Superman"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "a fictional character with superhuman powers",
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"ref": "2008, Andrew Fusek Peters, “The Bowl and the Bully”, in Diamonds are for Evil (Skateboard Detectives), London: Orchard Books",
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"ref": "2013, Larry Linkogle, Joe Layden, Mind of the Demon: A Memoir of Motocross, Madness, and the Metal Mulisha, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press",
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