See cooling center in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शीतलन केंद्र"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather",
"word": "pusat pendingin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "centro di raffreddamento"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kūringusentā",
"sense": "artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather",
"word": "クーリングセンター"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "kulling senteo",
"sense": "artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather",
"word": "쿨링 센터"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "centr oxlaždenija",
"sense": "artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "центр охлаждения"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "centro de enfriamiento"
}
],
"word": "cooling center"
}
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