See dan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"expansion": "Uncertain",
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"forms": [
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"form": "dans",
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}
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"related": [
{
"word": "dan bau"
},
{
"word": "dan dan noodles"
},
{
"word": "dan day"
},
{
"word": "dan nguyet"
},
{
"word": "dan nhi"
},
{
"word": "dan tranh"
},
{
"word": "dan ty ba"
}
],
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{
"ref": "1913, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1909-1982, page 165:",
"text": "Carrying away of 25 great-lines, 3 dans, buoys, &c., of steam liner 'Star of the East'[…]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1917, United States. Office of Naval Intelligence, O.N.I. Publications, page 17:",
"text": "Dumping dans. Dan buoys laid to mark a dumping ground. They are fitted with a topmark in the shape of a St. Andrews cross formed by battens 2 feet in length. Live dan. Dan buoy for which a[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A dan buoy."
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"dan buoy",
"dan buoy"
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}
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"wikipedia": [
"dan rank"
],
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}
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