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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "sagisag-panulat"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "naam-bpàak-gaa",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "นามปากกา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "kalem adı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "mahlas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "müstear isim"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "biệt hiệu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "bút danh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "tên chữ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "writer's pseudonym",
"word": "tên tự"
}
],
"word": "pen name"
}
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