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"word": "последовательность"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "vərasət"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "vəliəhdlik"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "varislik"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jì chéng",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "继承"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "následnictví"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "legal concept",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tronfølge"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"historical"
],
"word": "arvefølge"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "troonswisseling"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "posteuleco"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "kruununperimys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "succession"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "Thronfolge"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diadochí",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διαδοχή"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diadokhḗ",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διαδοχή"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "örökösödés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "utódlás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "trónutódlás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "öröklés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "trónöröklés"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "suksesi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "successione"
},
{
"alt": "そうぞく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōzoku",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "相続"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "successiō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "pewarisan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sukcesja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sucessão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prestolonasledije",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "престолонаследие"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sucesión"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tronföljd"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "passing of royal power",
"word": "halilinan"
}
],
"word": "succession"
}
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