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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"word": "新月形沙丘"
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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"word": "バルハン"
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"roman": "barxân",
"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"word": "برخان"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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"word": "barchan"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"word": "barchan"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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"word": "barcană"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"tags": [
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"word": "барха́н"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"tags": [
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"word": "barhan"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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"word": "barján"
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
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"roman": "parkāṉ",
"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"word": "பர்கான்"
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"word": "бархан"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"word": "เนินทรายรูปพระจันทร์เสี้ยว"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
"word": "barkan"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "barxán",
"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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"word": "барха́н"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "arc-shaped shifting sand dune",
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