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"text": "Just before Christmas, Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, sent the White House a box of holiday gifts with a pointed political message. Inside were items (body lotion, halvah, olive oil) produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "halva"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "halva"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "halva"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "helva"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "halvo",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "ҳалво"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "halvā",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "ஹல்வா"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "xälwä",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "хәлвә"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "helva"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "tahin helvası"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "halwa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xalvá",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "халва́"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "halvā",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حلوہ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "halwa",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "ھالۋا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "holva"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "bánh hanva"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "bánh mật"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "khalve",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "כאַלווע"
}
],
"word": "halva"
}
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