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],
"word": "block"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kutla",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "كُتْلَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "blok",
"sense": "group of countries",
"word": "բլոկ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blok",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "блок"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "group of countries",
"word": "聯合"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liánhé",
"sense": "group of countries",
"word": "联合"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group of countries",
"word": "liittouma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group of countries",
"word": "blokki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloc"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Block"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gush",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גוש"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blocco"
},
{
"alt": "れんごう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rengō",
"sense": "group of countries",
"word": "連合"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeonhap",
"sense": "group of countries",
"word": "연합"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blokk"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "blok",
"sense": "group of countries",
"word": "بلوک"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blok"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloco"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blok",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "блок"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "бло̏к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "blȍk"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloque"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "group of countries",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "block"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"bloc"
],
"word": "bloc"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": birikme vs. blok",
"path": [
"bloc"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "bloc",
"trace": ""
}
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