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"etymology_text": "From Latin ad + forresta, forestis.",
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"ref": "1899, John H. Barber, “Camping in a government reservation”, in Overland Monthly, volume 33, page 454",
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"sense": "creating a forest",
"word": "გატყიანება"
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"sense": "creating a forest",
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"roman": "gaṭq̇ianeba",
"sense": "creating a forest",
"word": "გატყიანება"
},
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"sense": "creating a forest",
"word": "aforestasi"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "împădurire"
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"sense": "creating a forest",
"word": "лесонасаждение"
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"sense": "creating a forest",
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