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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "genre of music",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hårdrock"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "genre of music",
"word": "เฮฟวีเมทัล"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xévi-métal",
"sense": "genre of music",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хе́ві-ме́тал"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Lester Bangs",
"Mike Saunders",
"Sandy Pearlman",
"William S. Burroughs"
],
"word": "heavy metal"
}
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