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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Uniform Resource Locator",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "URL"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Uniform Resource Locator",
"word": "BKB"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Uniform Resource Locator",
"word": "URL"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "u-er-el",
"sense": "Uniform Resource Locator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "או־ער־על"
}
],
"word": "URL"
}
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