"hammer and sickle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hammers and sickles [plural]
Etymology: The symbol was developed by Yevgeny Kamzolkin in 1917, based on antetypes like hammer and pick (symbol of mining). The hammer represents workers, while the sickle represents farmers. Head templates: {{en-noun|hammers and sickles}} hammer and sickle (plural hammers and sickles)
  1. A depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union. Categories (topical): Cold War, Flags Categories (place): Soviet Union Synonyms: Derived forms: hammered and sickled Related terms: Red Star
    Sense id: en-hammer_and_sickle-en-noun-KYpUPBNY Disambiguation of Cold War: 99 1 Disambiguation of Flags: 87 13 Disambiguation of Soviet Union: 100 0 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10
  2. (metonymically) Socialism or communism itself. Tags: metonymically Categories (topical): Communism
    Sense id: en-hammer_and_sickle-en-noun-cSAB8NTy Disambiguation of Communism: 42 58 Categories (other): English metonyms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (symbol of communism): drapëri dhe çekiçi [Tosk] (Albanian), اَلْمِطْرَقَة وَالْمِنْجَل (al-miṭraqa wa-l-minjal) (Arabic), մուրճ եւ մանգաղ (murč ew mangaġ) (Armenian), oraq və çəkic (Azerbaijani), ураҡ һәм сүкеш (uraq həm sükeş) (english: sickle and hammer) (Bashkir), igitaia eta mailua (Basque), серп і мо́лат (sjerp i mólat) (english: sickle and hammer) [masculine] (Belarusian), сърп и чук (sǎrp i čuk) (english: sickle and hammer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), falç i martell (Catalan), چەکوچ و داس (çekuç û das) (Central Kurdish), 錘子與鐮刀 (Chinese Mandarin), 锤子与镰刀 (chuízi yǔ liándāo) (Chinese Mandarin), çурлапа мăлатук (çurlap̬a mălat̬uk) (Chuvash), srp a kladivo (english: sickle and hammer) (Czech), hammer og segl (Danish), hamer en sikkel (Dutch), ཟོརཝ་དང་ཐོཝ (zor.w dang thow) (english: sickle and hammer) (Dzongkha), rikoltilo kaj martelo (Esperanto), sirp ja vasar (Estonian), sirppi ja vasara (Finnish), la faucille et le marteau (French), faucille et marteau (French), ნამგალი და ურო (namgali da uro) (Georgian), Hammer und Sichel (German), σφυροδρέπανο (sfyrodrépano) (Greek), פטיש ומגל (patísh ve-magal) (Hebrew), हथौड़ा और हँसिया (hathauṛā aur hãsiyā) (Hindi), sarló és kalapács (Hungarian), hamar og sigð (Icelandic), palu arit (Indonesian), casúr agus corrán (Irish), falce e martello [feminine] (Italian), 鎌と槌 (kama to tsuchi) (english: sickle and hammer) (alt: かまとつち) (Japanese), 鎌とハンマー (kama to hanmā) (english: sickle and hammer) (Japanese), орақ пен балға (oraq pen balğa) (Kazakh), ញញួរ កណ្ដៀវ (ɲɔɲuə kɑndiev) (Khmer), ញញួរនិងកណ្ដៀវ (ɲɔɲuə nɨŋ kɑndiev) (Khmer), 낫과 망치 (natgwa mangchi) (english: sickle and hammer) (Korean), оракъ ва чёкюч (oraq wa çöküç) (Kumyk), орок менен балка (orok menen balka) (Kyrgyz), sirpis un āmurs (english: sickle and hammer) (Latvian), kūjis ir pjautuvas (Lithuanian), срп и че́кан (srp i čékan) (english: sickle and hammer) (Macedonian), tukul dan sabit (Malay), алх хадуур (alx xaduur) (Mongolian), орак пан шоькиш (orak pan şökiş) (Nogai), hammer och sigd (Norwegian Bokmål), hammar och sigd (Norwegian Nynorsk), داس و چکش (dâs-o-čakoš) (Persian), sierp i młot (english: sickle and hammer) (Polish), foice e martelo (Portuguese), secera și ciocanul (english: sickle and hammer) (Romanian), серп и мо́лот (serp i mólot) (english: sickle and hammer) [masculine] (Russian), срп и чекић (english: sickle and hammer) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), srp i čekić (english: sickle and hammer) [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kosak a kladivo (english: sickle and hammer) (Slovak), srp in kladivo (english: sickle and hammer) (Slovene), hoz y martillo (Spanish), nyundo na mundu (Swahili), hammaren och skäran (Swedish), дос ва болға (dos va bolġa) (Tajik), урак һәм чүкеч (uraq häm çükeç) (Tatar), సుత్తి మరియు కొడవలి (sutti mariyu koḍavali) (Telugu), ค้อนเคียว (kɔ́ɔn-kiao) (Thai), orak-çekiç (Turkish), orak ve çekiç (Turkish), orak ve çekiç (Turkmen), серп і мо́лот (serp i mólot) (english: sickle and hammer) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ئورغاق ۋە بولقا (orghaq we bolqa) (Uyghur), oʻroq va bolgʻa (Uzbek), búa và liềm (Vietnamese), morthwyl a chryman (Welsh), сиэрпэ уонна өтүйэ (sierpe uonna ötüye) (Yakut)
Disambiguation of 'symbol of communism': 54 46

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      "word": "сърп и чук"
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      "word": "錘子與鐮刀"
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      "roman": "chuízi yǔ liándāo",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "lang": "Dzongkha",
      "roman": "zor.w dang thow",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ཟོརཝ་དང་ཐོཝ"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "rikoltilo kaj martelo"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "namgali da uro",
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      "word": "ნამგალი და ურო"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "Hammer und Sichel"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sfyrodrépano",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "σφυροδρέπανο"
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "patísh ve-magal",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "פטיש ומגל"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hathauṛā aur hãsiyā",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "sarló és kalapács"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hamar og sigð"
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "palu arit"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "casúr agus corrán"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
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      "word": "falce e martello"
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      "alt": "かまとつち",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kama to tsuchi",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "鎌と槌"
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      "code": "ja",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
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      "roman": "kama to hanmā",
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      "roman": "oraq pen balğa",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "орақ пен балға"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ɲɔɲuə kɑndiev",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ញញួរ កណ្ដៀវ"
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ɲɔɲuə nɨŋ kɑndiev",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ញញួរនិងកណ្ដៀវ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "natgwa mangchi",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "낫과 망치"
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      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "oraq wa çöküç",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "оракъ ва чёкюч"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çekuç û das",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "چەکوچ و داس"
    },
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "orok menen balka",
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      "word": "орок менен балка"
    },
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      "word": "sirpis un āmurs"
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      "word": "kūjis ir pjautuvas"
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      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "srp i čékan",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
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      "word": "tukul dan sabit"
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      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "alx xaduur",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "алх хадуур"
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      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "orak pan şökiş",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "word": "foice e martelo"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
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      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "secera și ciocanul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
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      "sense": "symbol of communism",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "серп и мо́лот"
    },
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
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        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "срп и чекић"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "srp i čekić"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "sk",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
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      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "kosak a kladivo"
    },
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      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "srp in kladivo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hoz y martillo"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
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      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "nyundo na mundu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "hammaren och skäran"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dos va bolġa",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "дос ва болға"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "uraq häm çükeç",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "урак һәм чүкеч"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sutti mariyu koḍavali",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "సుత్తి మరియు కొడవలి"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kɔ́ɔn-kiao",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ค้อนเคียว"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "orak-çekiç"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "orak ve çekiç"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
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      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
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      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "serp i mólot",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "серп і мо́лот"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "orghaq we bolqa",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ئورغاق ۋە بولقا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "oʻroq va bolgʻa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "búa và liềm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "morthwyl a chryman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "sierpe uonna ötüye",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "сиэрпэ уонна өтүйэ"
    }
  ],
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    "Yevgeny Kamzolkin",
    "hammer and pick"
  ],
  "word": "hammer and sickle"
}
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      "roman": "al-miṭraqa wa-l-minjal",
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      "word": "ураҡ һәм сүкеш"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
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      "code": "be",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjerp i mólat",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "серп і мо́лат"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎrp i čuk",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сърп и чук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "falç i martell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "錘子與鐮刀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuízi yǔ liándāo",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "锤子与镰刀"
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    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "çurlap̬a mălat̬uk",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "çурлапа мăлатук"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "srp a kladivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hammer og segl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hamer en sikkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "dz",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Dzongkha",
      "roman": "zor.w dang thow",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ཟོརཝ་དང་ཐོཝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "rikoltilo kaj martelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "sirp ja vasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "sirppi ja vasara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "la faucille et le marteau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "faucille et marteau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "namgali da uro",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ნამგალი და ურო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "Hammer und Sichel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sfyrodrépano",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "σφυροδρέπανο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "patísh ve-magal",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "פטיש ומגל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hathauṛā aur hãsiyā",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "हथौड़ा और हँसिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "sarló és kalapács"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hamar og sigð"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "palu arit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "casúr agus corrán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "falce e martello"
    },
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      "alt": "かまとつち",
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      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kama to tsuchi",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "鎌と槌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kama to hanmā",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "鎌とハンマー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "oraq pen balğa",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "орақ пен балға"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ɲɔɲuə kɑndiev",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ញញួរ កណ្ដៀវ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ɲɔɲuə nɨŋ kɑndiev",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ញញួរនិងកណ្ដៀវ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "natgwa mangchi",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "낫과 망치"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "oraq wa çöküç",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "оракъ ва чёкюч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çekuç û das",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "چەکوچ و داس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "orok menen balka",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "орок менен балка"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "sirpis un āmurs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "kūjis ir pjautuvas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "srp i čékan",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "срп и че́кан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "tukul dan sabit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "alx xaduur",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "алх хадуур"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "orak pan şökiş",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "орак пан шоькиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hammer och sigd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hammar och sigd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dâs-o-čakoš",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "داس و چکش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "sierp i młot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "foice e martelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "secera și ciocanul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "serp i mólot",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "серп и мо́лот"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "срп и чекић"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "srp i čekić"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "kosak a kladivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "srp in kladivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hoz y martillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "nyundo na mundu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "hammaren och skäran"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dos va bolġa",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "дос ва болға"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "uraq häm çükeç",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "урак һәм чүкеч"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sutti mariyu koḍavali",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "సుత్తి మరియు కొడవలి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kɔ́ɔn-kiao",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ค้อนเคียว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "orak-çekiç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "orak ve çekiç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "orak ve çekiç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "sickle and hammer",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "serp i mólot",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "серп і мо́лот"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "orghaq we bolqa",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "ئورغاق ۋە بولقا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "oʻroq va bolgʻa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "búa và liềm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "morthwyl a chryman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "sierpe uonna ötüye",
      "sense": "symbol of communism",
      "word": "сиэрпэ уонна өтүйэ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Yevgeny Kamzolkin",
    "hammer and pick"
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