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"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "moottoriliikennetie"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "voie express"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "Kraftfahrstraße"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gosokhwadoro",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "고속화도로"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "greitkelis"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "motortrafikkvei"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "motortrafikkveg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "droga ekspresowa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "motortrafikled"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "motorlu taşıt yolu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards",
"word": "ekspres yol"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:expressway"
],
"word": "expressway"
}
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