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"sense": "box hired as collection point for mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apartado postal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "box hired as collection point for mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apartado de correos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "box hired as collection point for mail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "postbox"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "box hired as collection point for mail",
"word": "kahong koreo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "aboneméntna skrýnʹka",
"sense": "box hired as collection point for mail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "абонеме́нтна скри́нька"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "abonéntsʹka skrýnʹka",
"sense": "box hired as collection point for mail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "абоне́нтська скри́нька"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"post office box"
],
"word": "post office box"
}
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