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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "power lines above tracks",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "køyreleidning"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "power lines above tracks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sieć przewodów trakcyjnych"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "power lines above tracks",
"word": "linie aeriană de contact"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "kontaktnaja setʹ",
"sense": "power lines above tracks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "контактная сеть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "power lines above tracks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "catenaria"
}
],
"word": "catenary"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": línija vs. cepnaja",
"path": [
"catenary"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "catenary",
"trace": ""
}
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