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"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "blugrasi",
"sense": "style of country music",
"word": "ბლუგრასი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "style of country music",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Bluegrass"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "style of country music",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bluegrass"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "bljugrass",
"sense": "style of country music",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "блюграсс"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Bill Monroe"
],
"word": "bluegrass"
}
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