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"word": "стъгда"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "shared grazing ground in medieval and early modern villages",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a central section of an older town",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fælled"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a central section of an older town",
"word": "volksplaats"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a central section of an older town",
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],
"word": "Allmende"
},
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"sense": "a central section of an older town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rossio"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obštoto blago",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "общото благо"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "almenvelle"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fælles bedste"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gemene"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "algemeen goed"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"word": "komunejo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ziari",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"word": "ზიარი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ziari resursi",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"word": "ზიარი რესურსი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Allmende"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"word": "bene comune"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"word": "javno dobro"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"word": "opće dobro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the mutual good of all",
"word": "procomún"
}
],
"word": "commons"
}
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"tags": [
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"General-American"
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