"Volapük" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈvɒləˌpʊk/, /volaˈpyk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Volapük.wav
Etymology: From Volapük Volapük. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|vo|Volapük}} Volapük Volapük Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Volapük
  1. An artificial language (constructed language) created in 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer. Wikipedia link: Volapük Categories (topical): Artificial languages Synonyms: Volapuk Translations (language): فُولَابُوك (volapūk) [masculine] (Arabic), վոլապյուկ (volapyuk) (Armenian), volapük (Azerbaijani), volapük (Basque), валапю́к (valapjúk) [masculine] (Belarusian), волапю́к (volapjúk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 沃拉普克語 (Chinese Mandarin), 沃拉普克语 (wòlāpǔkèyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), volapyk [neuter] (Danish), Volapük [neuter] (Dutch), volapuko (Esperanto), volapúkk [neuter] (Faroese), volapük (Finnish), volapük [masculine] (French), volapuk [masculine] (Galician), ვოლაპიუკი (volaṗiuḳi) (Georgian), Volapük [neuter] (German), Volapükisch [neuter] (German), Volapüksprache [feminine] (German), Volapük-Sprache [feminine] (German), βολαπούκ (volapoúk) [neuter] (Greek), वोलापूक (volāpūk) (Hindi), volapük (Hungarian), vólapuk (Icelandic), ヴォラピュク (vorapyuku) (Japanese), волапюк (volapük) (Kazakh), 볼라퓌크 (bollapwikeu) (Korean), volapiks [masculine] (Latvian), волапик (volapik) [masculine] (Macedonian), volapoky (Malagasy), volapyk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), volapyk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ولاپوک (volâpuk) (Persian), volapük [masculine] (Polish), wolapik [masculine] (Polish), volapuque [masculine] (Portuguese), volapuk [masculine] (Portuguese), волапю́к (volapjúk) [masculine] (Russian), воляпю́к (voljapjúk) [masculine] (Russian), Волапик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Volapük [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Volapik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), volapük [masculine] (Slovak), volapük [masculine] (Spanish), volapuk [masculine] (Spanish), volapük volapyk (Swedish), โวลาปุก (Thai), Volapük (Turkish), волапю́к (volapjúk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), воляпю́к (voljapjúk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Volapük (Volapük), Volapük [neuter] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-Volapük-en-name-9LMGge0x Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Armenian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with West Frisian translations

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      "sense": "language",
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      "lang": "Thai",
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      "word": "โวลาปุก"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "language",
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      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
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