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"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "akji",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"word": "악지"
},
{
"code": "roa-leo",
"lang": "Leonese",
"lang_code": "roa-leo",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"word": "páramu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "bedlend",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бедленд"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malu passu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sciara"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malpaís"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "tierras baldías"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "badlands"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "tierras yermas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "badlands"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "garwdiroedd"
}
],
"word": "badlands"
}
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