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]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "Bjély rúski",
"sense": "cocktail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Бе́лы ру́скі"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cocktail",
"word": "valkovenäläinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cocktail",
"word": "valkea ryssä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cocktail",
"word": "Russe Blanc"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cocktail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Weißer Russe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cocktail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "White Russian"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "cocktail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "רוסי לבן"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cocktail",
"word": "russo branco"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Bélyj rússkij",
"sense": "cocktail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Бе́лый ру́сский"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cocktail",
"word": "ruso blanco"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjely",
"sense": "White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "белы"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjelahvardzjejec",
"sense": "White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "белагвардзеец"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bélyj",
"sense": "White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бе́лый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belogvardéjec",
"sense": "White Guardist (Russian Civil War 1917–1923)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "белогварде́ец"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Belarusian person — see also Belarusian",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blanc-Russien"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Belarusian person — see also Belarusian",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Blanche-Russienne"
}
],
"word": "White Russian"
}
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