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"ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 187",
"text": "Enkidu was the hairy man of the wild steppes, and Gilgamesh was the hero of civilization; but now the contrast is between Gilgamesh, the king, the man of political power, the heroic man of action, the extrovert, and Utnapishtim, the man of religious authority, the introvert, the sage.",
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"word": "𒂔𒈾 ()"
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"roman": "cǎoyuán",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"word": "ველი"
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"word": "στέπα"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"word": "estèpa"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "estep",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "استپ"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"word": "step"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"roman": "stepʹ",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"word": "степь"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"word": "دەشت"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "thảo nguyên"
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"ref": "2000, Mary Elizabeth v. N., “Steppe”, in Blue Planet Biomes, West Tisbury Elementary School",
"text": "Grasslands: The Steppe biome is a dry, cold, grassland that is found in all of the continents except Australia and Antarctica. It is mostly found in the USA, Mongolia, Siberia, Tibet and China. There isn't much humidity in the air because Steppe is located away from the ocean and close to mountain barriers.",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tapʻastan",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"word": "տափաստան"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
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"alt": "そうげん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōgen",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"word": "草原"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stepa",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
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"word": "степа"
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"tags": [
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"word": "estepe"
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"roman": "stepʹ",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
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"word": "степь"
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"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
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"word": "stȅpa"
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"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
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"word": "stäpp"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
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"word": "gwaun"
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"word": "gweundir"
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"word": "steppe eagle"
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{
"word": "steppe-tundra"
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"word": "steppic"
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"word": "տափաստան"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"roman": "step",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "step",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "干草原"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "aro"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "steppe"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veli",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "ველი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
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"word": "steppa"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "steppa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "草原"
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{
"code": "kk",
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"roman": "dala",
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{
"code": "kk",
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"roman": "saxara",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "스텝"
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"code": "ky",
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{
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "хээр тал"
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{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "тал"
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"code": "mn",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "тал нутаг"
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{
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "xeer",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "хээр"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "estep",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "чӧл"
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "sux",
"lang": "Sumerian",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"tags": [
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"word": "stäpp"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "dala",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "дала"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "bozkır"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "step"
},
{
"code": "tk",
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
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"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "uum",
"lang": "Urum",
"roman": "čölʹ",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "чӧль"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "desht",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "دەشت"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "dasht"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "choʻl"
},
{
"alt": "草原",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
"word": "thảo nguyên"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tapʻastan",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"word": "տափաստան"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Steppe"
},
{
"alt": "そうげん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōgen",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"word": "草原"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stepa",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "степа"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estepe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stepʹ",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "степь"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stȅpa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
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"word": "stäpp"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gwaun"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gweundir"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paith"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
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