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"masculine"
],
"word": "strath"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "wide, flat river valley",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strath"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "wide, flat river valley",
"word": "strath"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "wide, flat river valley",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "srath"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"lang_code": "sga",
"sense": "wide, flat river valley",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "srath"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "wide, flat river valley",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strath"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "wide, flat river valley",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "srath"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "wide, flat river valley",
"word": "strath"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "piece of flat land beside a body of water",
"word": "rantatasanne"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Erskine Bridge"
],
"word": "strath"
}
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