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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"word": "アルファ"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "ʼalfaa",
"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
"word": "អាល់ហ្វា"
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"code": "ko",
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"word": "알파"
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"code": "ms",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "alpha",
"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
"word": "ଆଲ୍ଫା"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "âlfâ",
"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
"word": "آلفا"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"feminine"
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"word": "alfa"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"masculine"
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"word": "alfa"
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "ɛɛl-fâa",
"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
"word": "แอลฟา"
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "name of the letter Α, α",
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "alfā",
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"word": "alpha strike"
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"ref": "2015, Life Is Strange, Square Enix",
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