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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"word": "böyüklük"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "velíčestvenost",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вели́чественост"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"word": "suuruus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "velíčie",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вели́чие"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "veličéstvenost",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "величе́ственост"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grandeza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"tags": [
"also",
"archaic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "grandor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "velíčije",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вели́чие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "velíčestvennostʹ",
"sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вели́чественность"
}
],
"word": "grandeur"
}
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