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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "državna tajna"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "štátne tajomstvo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "državna skrivnost"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "statshemlighet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"word": "devlet sırrı"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"word": "döwlet syry"
},
{
"code": "udm",
"lang": "Udmurt",
"roman": "kun luškes",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"word": "кун лушкес"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "deržávna tajemnýcja",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "держа́вна таємни́ця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "deržtajemnýcja",
"sense": "restricted information of national importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "держтаємни́ця"
}
],
"word": "state secret"
}
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