See literacy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ganatlebuloba",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"word": "განათლებულობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gatvicnobierebuloba",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"word": "გათვიცნობიერებულობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Kenntnisse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bildung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gnósi",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γνώση"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "orianút",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אוריינות"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sākṣartā",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "साक्षरता"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"word": "literasi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grámotnostʹ",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гра́мотность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "litearrachd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "писменост"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pismenost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cultura"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "understanding of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "competencia"
}
],
"word": "literacy"
}
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