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"Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy."
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"word": "punto cardinale"
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"word": "方角"
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"word": "страна на светот"
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"word": "сторона́ све́та"
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"word": "ilmakaared"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"word": "ilmansuunta"
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{
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"word": "point cardinal"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "Himmelsrichtung"
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{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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{
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"word": "mata angin"
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"word": "aird an chompáis"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "punto cardinale"
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"alt": "ほうがく",
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"word": "方角"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "debespuse"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "страна на светот"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"word": "mata angin"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "strona świata"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "ponto cardeal"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "direcție cardinală"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"word": "punct cardinal"
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"word": "direcziun"
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{
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"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "direcziùn"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "storoná svéta",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "сторона́ све́та"
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{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "straná svéta",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "страна́ све́та"
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{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "diśā",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "दिशा"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "àird"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
"tags": [
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"word": "punto cardinal"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass",
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"word": "väderstreck"
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"word": "compass point"
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