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"sense": "prehistoric burial mound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kurgan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "prehistoric burial mound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gravhög"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "prehistoric burial mound",
"word": "kurgan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kurhán",
"sense": "prehistoric burial mound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "курга́н"
}
],
"word": "kurgan"
}
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