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"feminine"
],
"word": "baza lotnicza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "base aérea"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bază aeriană"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aviabáza",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "авиаба́за"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aviaciónnaja báza",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "авиацио́нная ба́за"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "AB",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "АБ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "letecká základňa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "letalska baza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "base aérea"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "flygbas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "military airport",
"word": "hava üssü"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "aviabáza",
"sense": "military airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "авіаба́за"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "military airport",
"word": "aviabaza"
}
],
"word": "air base"
}
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