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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "velikodušen",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "великодушен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "ngākau oha"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "miċelmōd"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "wielkoduszny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "magnânimo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "mărinimos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "velikodúšnyj",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "великоду́шный"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "mahātman",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "महात्मन्"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "велико̀душан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "velikòdušan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "veľkodušný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "velikodušen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "magnánimo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "storsint"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "cömert"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "velykodúšnyj",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "великоду́шний"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "aʻlá z̤arf",
"sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
"word": "اَعْلیٰ ظَرْف"
}
],
"word": "magnanimous"
}
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