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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "zānzībār",
"sense": "island region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ज़ांज़ीबार"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "island region",
"word": "Sansibar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "island region",
"word": "Zanzibar"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "Zanjibaru",
"sense": "island region",
"word": "ザンジバル"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "Janjibareu",
"sense": "island region",
"word": "잔지바르"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "island region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zanzibāra"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "island region",
"word": "Zanzibar"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "island region",
"word": "Zanzibar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "zangebâr",
"sense": "island region",
"word": "زنگبار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "island region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zanzibar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "island region",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zanzibar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "Zanzibár",
"sense": "island region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Занзиба́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "island region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zanzíbar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "island region",
"word": "Unguja"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "zanjibār",
"sense": "island region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زَنْجِبار"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "zaṅgbār",
"sense": "island region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زَن٘گْبار"
}
],
"word": "Zanzibar"
}
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