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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cirus",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цирус"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "pūrerehu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "iorangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "pūrehurehu"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "kʼos áłtʼą́ą́ʼí"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirrus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chmura pierzasta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "péristaja",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пе́ристая"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cloud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "ruruking alapaap"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "cloud",
"word": "mây ti"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cirrus cloud"
],
"word": "cirrus"
}
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