See cairn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "hāpapa"
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"masculine"
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "monument",
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"word": "röse"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"neuter"
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"code": "cs",
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"word": "mužik"
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{
"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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"word": "steenman"
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"code": "fo",
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"word": "varði"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "landmark",
"word": "kummeli (seamark)"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "landmark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "montjoie"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "landmark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "milladoiro"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "landmark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Steindaube"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "landmark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Steinmännchen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "landmark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "kőhalom"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "landmark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "varða"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "landmark",
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"masculine"
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"word": "ometto"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "landmark",
"word": "hāpapa"
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{
"code": "no",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "no",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "non",
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"sense": "landmark",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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