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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"word": "folkmusiikki"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"word": "Weltmusik"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kiaull çheerey"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "folk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "música folk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "folk"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muzică folk"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muzică etno"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "etno-muzică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "folk",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фолк"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"word": "fowk muisic"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"word": "folk muisic"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "folkmusik"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "folk"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "folkmuzyk"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"folk music"
],
"word": "folk music"
}
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