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"word": "ไหล่ทวีป"
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma continental"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kontinentalsockel"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lài-tá-wîip",
"sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
"word": "ไหล่ทวีป"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
"word": "kıta sahanlığı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kontynentalʹnyj šelʹf",
"sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "континентальний шельф"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
"word": "thềm lục địa"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgafell gyfandirol"
}
],
"word": "continental shelf"
}
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