"alfa" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "alfa grass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "berahyaluronidase alfa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tividenofusp alfa"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "Alfa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative letter-case form of Alfa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet."
      ],
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          "Alfa",
          "Alfa#Translingual"
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        "(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Alfa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet."
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        },
        {
          "extra": "(except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f, not ph; t, not th; and e, not ae)",
          "word": "where various digraphs are usually deprecated"
        }
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 77 13",
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        },
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          "_dis": "1 1 2 0 2 12 4 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 10 2 1 2 1 4 4 1 6 1 5 3 0 1 0 2 1 10 1 10 4 1",
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      "id": "en-alfa-en-noun-en:INN_translingual_alpha",
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          "alpha",
          "alpha#English"
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          "ruleset",
          "ruleset#English"
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          "digraphs",
          "digraph#Etymology 2"
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        "(international standards) Alternative spelling of alpha used in the ruleset of the international nonproprietary name system, where various digraphs are usually deprecated (except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f, not ph; t, not th; and e, not ae)."
      ],
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        "en:INN translingual alpha"
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  "word": "alfa"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "alfaa",
      "alfaa#Fula"
    ],
    [
      "àlùfáà",
      "alufaa#Yoruba"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
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        "2": "ff",
        "3": "alfaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula alfaa",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "àlùfáà"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba àlùfáà",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Fula alfaa. Compare Yoruba àlùfáà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alfas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "alfa (plural alfas)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Islam",
          "orig": "en:Islam",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A West African cleric or religious teacher."
      ],
      "id": "en-alfa-en-noun-MMhUQVJB",
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        [
          "cleric",
          "cleric"
        ],
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          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ]
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        "(Islam) A West African cleric or religious teacher."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Islam",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alfa"
}

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    {
      "word": "alfa grass"
    },
    {
      "word": "berahyaluronidase alfa"
    },
    {
      "word": "tividenofusp alfa"
    }
  ],
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        "(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Alfa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet."
      ],
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          "extra": "(except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f, not ph; t, not th; and e, not ae)",
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        },
        {
          "extra": "(except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f, not ph; t, not th; and e, not ae)",
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        }
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        "Alternative spelling of alpha used in the ruleset of the international nonproprietary name system, where various digraphs are usually deprecated (except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f, not ph; t, not th; and e, not ae)."
      ],
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          "alpha",
          "alpha#English"
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          "ruleset",
          "ruleset#English"
        ],
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          "digraphs",
          "digraph#Etymology 2"
        ],
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        "(international standards) Alternative spelling of alpha used in the ruleset of the international nonproprietary name system, where various digraphs are usually deprecated (except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f, not ph; t, not th; and e, not ae)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:INN translingual alpha"
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "alfa"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Fula",
    "English terms derived from Fula",
    "Pages with 24 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "alfaa",
      "alfaa#Fula"
    ],
    [
      "àlùfáà",
      "alufaa#Yoruba"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
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        "3": "alfaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula alfaa",
      "name": "bor"
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        "2": "àlùfáà"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Fula alfaa. Compare Yoruba àlùfáà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alfas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "en:Islam"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A West African cleric or religious teacher."
      ],
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        [
          "cleric",
          "cleric"
        ],
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Islam) A West African cleric or religious teacher."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Islam",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alfa"
}