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"roman": "naga",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "ᬦᬵᬕ"
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"word": "နဂါး"
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"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "ナーガ"
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"word": "竜"
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"roman": "naga",
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"word": "ꦤꦒ"
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"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
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"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "niək",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "នាគ"
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"roman": "naga",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "나가"
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"word": "용"
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nāk",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "ນາກ"
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"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "naak",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "ᦓᦱᧅ"
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"roman": "nāg",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "नाग"
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"code": "mnw",
"lang": "Mon",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "နာ်"
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"roman": "lus",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "лус"
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"roman": "nāg",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "नाग"
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"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "nāga"
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"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
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"roman": "naga",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
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"word": "нага"
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"roman": "nāga",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
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"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "nǎ káa",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "ၼၵႃး"
},
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "nāka",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "நாக"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nāga",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "నాగ"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nâak",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "นาค"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nâak",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "พญานาค"
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"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "klu",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "ཀླུ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "nāg",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ناگ"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake",
"word": "naga"
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