"aroma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈɹəʊmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈɹoʊmə/ [US] Audio: en-us-aroma.ogg Forms: aromas [plural], aromata [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊmə Etymology: From Late Latin arōmata (“spices”) (or arōma (“spice”)), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|arōmata|t=spices}} Late Latin arōmata (“spices”), {{der|en|grc|ἄρωμα|t=seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell}} Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|aromata}} aroma (plural aromas or aromata)
  1. A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. Wikipedia link: aroma Categories (topical): Smell Related terms: fragrant Translations (a pleasant or fragrant smell): բույր (buyr) (Armenian), সুগন্ধ (śugondho) (Bengali), খুশবু (khuśbu) (Bengali), মহক (mohok) (Bengali), арома́т (aromát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), благоуха́ние (blagouhánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 香氣 /香气 (hoeng¹ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 香氣 /香气 (xiāngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 香味 (xiāngwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), aroma (Danish), duft (Danish), aroma [neuter] (Dutch), geur [masculine] (Dutch), aromo (Esperanto), tuoksu (Finnish), aromi (Finnish), arôme [masculine] (French), parfum [masculine] (French), aroma [masculine] (Galician), არომატი (aromaṭi) (Georgian), Aroma [neuter] (German), Duft [masculine] (German), άρωμα (ároma) [neuter] (Greek), אָרוֹמָה (aróma) [feminine] (Hebrew), dea-bholadh [masculine] (Irish), 香り (kaori) (alt: かおり) (Japanese), 香気 (kōki) (alt: こうき) (Japanese), 芳香 (hōkō) (alt: ほうこう) (Japanese), アロマ (aroma) (Japanese), 匂い (nioi) (alt: におい) (Japanese), 향기 (hyanggi) (alt: 香氣) (Korean), 좋은 냄새 (jo'eun naemsae) (Korean), kakara (Maori), сэнгэнэсэн үнэр (sengenesen üner) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), aròma [masculine] (Occitan), aromat [masculine] (Polish), aroma [masculine] (Portuguese), aromă [feminine] (Romanian), арома́т (aromát) [masculine] (Russian), благоуха́ние (blagouxánije) [neuter] (Russian), aroma [feminine] (Spanish), arom [common-gender] (Swedish), alimyon (Tagalog), དྲི་མ (dri ma) (Tibetan), were (Tocharian B), rayiha (Turkish), אַראָמאַט (aromat) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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Inflected forms

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          "text": "I love the aroma of cinnamon.",
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          "ref": "2024 May 1, Tom Ingall, “Hope springs eternal for better services”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 52:",
          "text": "The smell of fresh asphalt hangs heavy in the air at Dore & Totley station. It's even powerful enough to overcome the usual delightful aromas emanating from the well-known curry house which occupies the original platform building.",
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          "sense": "a pleasant smell",
          "word": "fragrance"
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          "sense": "a pleasant smell",
          "word": "nosegay"
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          "roman": "buyr",
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          "word": "բույր"
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          "roman": "śugondho",
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          "roman": "khuśbu",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "roman": "mohok",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "মহক"
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          "roman": "aromát",
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          "roman": "blagouhánie",
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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "hoeng¹ hei³",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "香氣 /香气"
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          "roman": "xiāngqì",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "roman": "xiāngwèi",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "word": "geur"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "tuoksu"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "aromi"
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "word": "parfum"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aromaṭi",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "არომატი"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "word": "Aroma"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "word": "אָרוֹמָה"
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          "alt": "かおり",
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          "roman": "kaori",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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        {
          "alt": "こうき",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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        {
          "alt": "ほうこう",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hōkō",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "芳香"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "aroma",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "アロマ"
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          "alt": "におい",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nioi",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "匂い"
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          "alt": "香氣",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hyanggi",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "향기"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jo'eun naemsae",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "좋은 냄새"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "roman": "sengenesen üner",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "word": "aroma"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aromă"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "aromát",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "roman": "blagouxánije",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "word": "благоуха́ние"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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          "word": "arom"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
          "word": "alimyon"
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          "code": "bo",
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          "roman": "dri ma",
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        "Terms with Galician translations",
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        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
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      "sense": "a pleasant smell",
      "word": "nosegay"
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      "sense": "a pleasant smell",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "buyr",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "բույր"
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      "roman": "śugondho",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "সুগন্ধ"
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      "roman": "khuśbu",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "মহক"
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      "roman": "aromát",
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      "word": "благоуха́ние"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "hoeng¹ hei³",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "香氣 /香气"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāngqì",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "香氣 /香气"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāngwèi",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "香味"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "aroma"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "geur"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "aromo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "tuoksu"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "aromi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aromaṭi",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "არომატი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Aroma"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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      "word": "Duft"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ároma",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
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      "word": "άρωμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "aróma",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "אָרוֹמָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dea-bholadh"
    },
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      "alt": "かおり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaori",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "香り"
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    {
      "alt": "こうき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōki",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "香気"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōkō",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "芳香"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aroma",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "アロマ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "におい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nioi",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "匂い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "香氣",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyanggi",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "향기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jo'eun naemsae",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "좋은 냄새"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "kakara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sengenesen üner",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сэнгэнэсэн үнэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aròma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aromat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aroma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aromă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aromát",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "арома́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagouxánije",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "благоуха́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aroma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arom"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "alimyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dri ma",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "དྲི་མ"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "were"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "word": "rayiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aromat",
      "sense": "a pleasant or fragrant smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַראָמאַט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aroma"
}

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