See men in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"plural"
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"masculine",
"plural"
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"sense": "human people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "άνθρωπος"
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"word": "लोग"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "human people",
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"plural"
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"word": "人々"
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"roman": "saramdeul",
"sense": "human people",
"word": "사람들"
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"sense": "human people",
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "human people",
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"code": "mrc",
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"sense": "human people",
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{
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"plural"
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"plural"
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"plural"
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"plural"
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"plural"
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"plural"
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{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "human people",
"word": "wabinadamu"
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{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "log",
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"word": "لوگ"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "human people",
"word": "kishilar"
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}
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