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"word": "山姆大叔"
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"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Oncle Sam"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'amu sâm",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "عمو سام"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wuj Sam"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tio Sam"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djádja Sɛm",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дя́дя Сэм"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ујка Сем"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ujka Sem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tío Sam"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "Onkel Sam"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "lung saem",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "ลุงแซม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Sam Amca"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Djadʹko Sem",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Дядько Сем"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"word": "Chú Sam"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "personification of the United States federal government or citizens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wncl Sam"
}
],
"word": "Uncle Sam"
}
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