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"sense": "any creature or thing of gigantic size",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "coloso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "any creature or thing of gigantic size",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "koloss"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kolós",
"sense": "any creature or thing of gigantic size",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "коло́с"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"colossus"
],
"word": "colossus"
}
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