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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calcaria"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳirkva",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "კირქვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Calciumcarbonat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kalk"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asvestólithos",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ασβεστόλιθος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gir",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גִּיר"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "even gir",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אֶבֶן גִּיר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cūnā patthar",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चूना पत्थर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "mészkő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalksteinn"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "batu kapur"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkki"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkkikivi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aolchloch"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cloch aoil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcare"
},
{
"alt": "せっかいがん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekkaigan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "石灰岩"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "äktas",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "әктас"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thmɑɑ kɑmbao",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ថ្មកំបោរ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑmbao thmɑɑ",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "កំបោរថ្ម"
},
{
"alt": "石灰岩",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seokhoeam",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "석회암"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "akitaş",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "акиташ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hin pūn",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ຫິນປູນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calx"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaļķakmens"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klintis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "varovnik",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "варовник"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "batu kapur"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "pākeho"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šoxojn čuluu",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "шохойн чулуу"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pièrre dé caux"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcari"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calquièr"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sang âhak",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "سنگ آهک"
},
{
"code": "pjt",
"lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "arpata"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kaulkjsteen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wapień"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcário"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "calcar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvestnják",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "известня́к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "кре̏чња̄к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "вапне́нац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "krȅčnjāk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vapnénac"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vápenec"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apnenec"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caliza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kalksten"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ohaksang",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "оҳаксанг"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "izwest’taş",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "известьташ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǐn-bpuun",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "หินปูน"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal rdo",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་རྡོ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal brag",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་བྲག"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kireç taşı"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "hek daşy"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vapnják",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вапня́к"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "cūnā patthar",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "چونا پتھر"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "hak tëshi",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ھاك تېشى"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ohaktosh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "đá vôi"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calchfaen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carreg galch"
}
],
"word": "limestone"
}
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