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"sense": "deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome",
"word": "լեգատ"
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"sense": "deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome",
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"word": "έξαρχος"
},
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome",
"word": "helytartó"
},
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"sense": "deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome",
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"word": "legat"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "лега́т"
}
],
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈlɛɡɪt/"
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"ipa": "/ˈlɛɡət/"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɛɡət"
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],
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