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"word": "manatunga"
},
{
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"word": "یادگاری"
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"word": "Aunjedenkj"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
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],
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{
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"sense": "a keepsake",
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"tags": [
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"code": "es",
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"code": "txb",
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"word": "epyacäññe"
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"word": "andaç"
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"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "anı"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "hatıra"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "yadigâr"
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"word": "па́м'ятка"
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{
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"roman": "enthýmio",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "mementó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "emlékeztető"
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{
"code": "is",
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"tags": [
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{
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
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"word": "memento"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
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"word": "ricordo"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kinenhin",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "記念品"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "memento",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "メメント"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kinenbutsu",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "記念物"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ginyeompum",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "기념품"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ginyeommul",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "기념물"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "manatunga"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "yâdegâri",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "یادگاری"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "yâdbud",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "یادبود"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Denkjmol"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Aunjedenkj"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lembrancinha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "recordação"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lembrança"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "suvenír",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сувени́р"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuimhneachan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "мементо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "у̏спомена"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "memento m ȕspomena"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "recuerdo"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "epyacäññe"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "andaç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "anı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "hatıra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"word": "yadigâr"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "suvenír",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сувені́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pámʺjatka",
"sense": "a keepsake",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "па́м'ятка"
}
],
"word": "memento"
}
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