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},
{
"alt": "ちかの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chika no",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "地下の"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jerastylyq",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "жерастылық"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "subterrāneus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "podzemen",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "подземен"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "underjordisk"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "eorþen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "podziemny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "subterrâneo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "subteran"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podzémnyj",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "подзе́мный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "подземан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "podzeman"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "podzemný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "podzemen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "subterráneo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "underjordisk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidzémnyj",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "підзе́мний"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "untererdish",
"sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
"word": "אונטערערדיש"
}
],
"word": "subterranean"
}
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