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"ipa": "/ˌɹiˈleɪ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːleɪ"
},
{
"homophone": "re-lay"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relay (verb).wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-relay_%28verb%29.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-relay_%28verb%29.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-relay_%28verb%29.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-relay_%28verb%29.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Relay (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "relay"
}
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