See Will in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Ville"
},
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Guillon"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Willi"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Willy"
},
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Wim"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
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"word": "Γουίλ"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "וויל"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "ウィル"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Vilis"
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"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"lang_code": "li",
"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Wum"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Gui"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "Uillom",
"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Уиллом"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Vilko"
},
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Vilko"
},
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Vili"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Guille"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Ville"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "diminutive of William",
"word": "Gwil"
}
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}
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