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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-macaroni.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-macaroni.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-macaroni.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-macaroni.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-macaroni.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "măk'ə-rōʹnē",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maccaroni"
},
{
"sense": "pasta",
"word": "maccheroni"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"macaroni"
],
"word": "macaroni"
}
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