"predawn" meaning in English

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        "The period immediately preceding dawn."
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          "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
          "word": "voor de dageraad"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
          "word": "avant l’aurore"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
          "word": "hayoołkááł"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
          "word": "el período antes del amanecer"
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          "lang": "ǃXóõ",
          "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
          "word": "kxʻāo"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
      "word": "voor de dageraad"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
      "word": "avant l’aurore"
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
      "word": "hayoołkááł"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
      "word": "el período antes del amanecer"
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      "sense": "period before the rising of the sun",
      "word": "kxʻāo"
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  "word": "predawn"
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