See kilometer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms with quotations",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 9 entries",
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"Rhymes:English/ɒmɪtə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɒmɪtə(ɹ)/4 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)/4 syllables"
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124
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"ref": "2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2013, Asia Pacific:",
"text": "When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing.",
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208
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"ref": "2016 August 11, “Chinese fishing boat collides with Greek freighter near Senkakus, 6 rescued”, in The Mainichi, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2016:",
"text": "At around 5:30 a.m., crewmembers of a JCG patrol boat received an SOS from the 106,726-ton freighter Anangel Courage. The patrol vessel and a JCG plane found the freighter on the high seas about 67 kilometers away from Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China.",
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"ipa": "/ˈkɪl.əˌmi.təɹ/",
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"ipa": "/ˌkɪ.loːˈmiː.ʈə(r)/",
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"ipa": "/kɪˈloː.miː.ʈə(r)/",
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