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"word": "기가바이트"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gigabajt",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гигабајт"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"word": "gigabait"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "gigābāiṭ",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "गिगाबाइट"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"word": "dį́į́łtsohʼííłké"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gigâbâyt",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"word": "گیگابایت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gigabajt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gigabyte"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gigabájt",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гигаба́йт"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gigabajt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gigabyte"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gigabyte"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jì-gà-bái",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"word": "จิกะไบต์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gì-gà-bái",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"word": "กิกะไบต์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"word": "gigabayt"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hihabájt",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гігаба́йт"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "gigabayt",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"word": "گىگابايت"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "gigabayt",
"sense": "one billion bytes",
"word": "גיגאַבײַט"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"gigabyte"
],
"word": "gigabyte"
}
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