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"Kura",
"Kura"
],
[
"Artsakh",
"Artsakh#English"
],
[
"Azerbaijan",
"Azerbaijan#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Azerbaijan",
"en:Towns in Azerbaijan"
],
"glosses": [
"A town in Azerbaijan located on this river"
],
"links": [
[
"town",
"town"
],
[
"Azerbaijan",
"Azerbaijan#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "Tʻartʻaṙ",
"sense": "river",
"word": "Թարթառ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "river",
"word": "Tərtərçay"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Tertér",
"sense": "river",
"word": "Терте́р"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "Tʻartʻaṙ",
"sense": "town",
"word": "Թարթառ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "town",
"word": "Tərtər"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Tertér",
"sense": "town",
"word": "Терте́р"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Tartar (city)",
"Tartar river"
],
"word": "Tartar"
}
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