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"Rhymes:English/ɒbɪt",
"Rhymes:English/ɒbɪt/2 syllables",
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"en:Hominids",
"en:Indonesia",
"en:J. R. R. Tolkien",
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"word": "hobbitish"
},
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"word": "hobbitlike"
},
{
"word": "hobbitness"
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"word": "hobbitry"
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"word": "hobbity"
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"ref": "2007 September 20, Christopher Joyce, “Case Grows for ‘Hobbit’ as Human Ancestor”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio",
"text": "Although partial remains of other Hobbits have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities."
},
{
"ref": "2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 215",
"text": "And in the island regions of southeast Asia, where the descendants of erectus, and the Hobbit, and any similar relict populations lived, climate changes would have greatly disrupted connections between regions and populations, as sea levels rose and fell by 100 metres or more.",
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"ref": "2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 270",
"text": "The hobbit became extinct 50,000 years ago, about the time the first humans arrived on Flores, but the Pacific rat lived on.",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "hūbit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "هُوبِيت"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "hobiṭ",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "হবিট"
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{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hóbit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хо́бит"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hòbbit"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòbǐtè-rén",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "霍比特人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hābǐ-rén",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "哈比人"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobit"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "půlčík"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hobbit"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "hobito"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "hobbi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "hobitti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbit"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "hobiṭi",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "ჰობიტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hobbit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chómpit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "χόμπιτ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Chómpit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Χόμπιτ"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hóbbitos",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ὅββιτος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hóbit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הוֹבִּיט"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "hobbit"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbiti"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobad"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbit"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hobitto",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "ホビット"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hobit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "호빗"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "hobbitus"
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{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "hŏbiṭ",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "हॉबिट"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbit"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "hobbit"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbit"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
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"word": "hobbitka"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbit"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xóbbit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хо́ббит"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "hobbit"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbit"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hàbad"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobit"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbit"
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{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobit"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hobbit"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hobbit"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hob"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"dated"
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"word": "homp"
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xobbit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "хоббит"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hɔ́p-bìt",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "ฮอบบิท"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"word": "hobit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hobit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гобіт"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "hobit",
"sense": "fictional small humanoid creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "האָביט"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "An extinct species of hominin",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "homme de Florès"
}
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