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{
"ipa": "/ˈbæsti.ən/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbæst͡ʃən/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "Bastian"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-bastion.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/En-us-bastion.ogg/En-us-bastion.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-bastion.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-bastion-2.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/En-us-bastion-2.ogg/En-us-bastion-2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-us-bastion-2.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-bastion.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/En-au-bastion.ogg/En-au-bastion.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-au-bastion.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"bastion"
],
"word": "bastion"
}
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