"orisha" meaning in English

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          "sense": "deity in Yoruba religion",
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          "word": "oricha"
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          "word": "orisha"
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          "sense": "deity in Yoruba religion",
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          "roman": "orisha",
          "sense": "deity in Yoruba religion",
          "word": "オリシャ"
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          "sense": "deity in Yoruba religion",
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            "masculine"
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          "roman": "oriša",
          "sense": "deity in Yoruba religion",
          "word": "ориша"
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          "word": "ஒரிஷா"
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      "sense": "deity in Yoruba religion",
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