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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "шахт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "šaht"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rigana"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rijana"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alcantarilla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gatubrunn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"word": "manhål"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"word": "pinto sa suwelo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"word": "rögar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ljuk",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "люк"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gatoło"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "twll archwilio"
}
],
"word": "manhole"
}
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