See blues in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "hill country blues"
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{
"word": "jump blues"
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{
"word": "Piedmont blues"
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{
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{
"word": "punk-blues"
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{
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{
"word": "soul blues"
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{
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{
"word": "summer blues"
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{
"word": "swamp blues"
},
{
"word": "talking blues"
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{
"word": "tease and blues"
},
{
"word": "tees and blues"
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{
"word": "Texas blues"
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{
"word": "theatre blues"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"roman": "blus",
"sense": "musical form",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"word": "藍調"
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"sense": "musical form",
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"word": "布鲁斯"
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"word": "ბლუზი"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "musical form",
"word": "ブルース"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "musical form",
"word": "블루스"
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"sense": "musical form",
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"word": "บลูส์"
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