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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Xī'ān",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "西安"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "Xian"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Xi’an"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "Hszian"
},
{
"alt": "せいあん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Seian",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "西安"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Sian",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "시안"
},
{
"alt": "西安",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Seoan",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "서안"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Singanum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sina"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "Xian"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "sii¹ʼan¹",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "ᦌᦲᧈᦁᧃᧈ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Sjían",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Сји́ан"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ši'ân",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "شیآن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šiyân",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "شیان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Xi'an"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Siánʹ",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Сиа́нь"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "shi'en",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "شىئەن"
},
{
"alt": "西安",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "Tây An"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "capital of Shaanxi and former capital of China — see also Chang'an",
"word": "Sih'anh"
}
],
"word": "Xi'an"
}
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