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"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "अधिनवतारा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "szupernóva"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sprengistjarna"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "ollnóva"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "chōshinsei",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "超新星"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "ğalamatjuldız",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "ғаламатжұлдыз"
},
{
"alt": "超新星",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "chosinseong",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "초신성"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pārnova"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "supernova",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "супернова"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "whetū ahoaho"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "nen šine od",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "нэн шинэ од"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "supèrnova"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "abar-now-axtar",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "ابرنواختر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernovă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "supernóva",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "суперно́ва"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sverxnóvaja",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сверхно́вая"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sverxnóvaja zvezdá",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сверхно́вая звезда́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "суперно̑ва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernȏva"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "supernova"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "มหานวดารา"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "ซูเปอร์โนวา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "süpernova"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "nadnová",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наднова́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "nadnová zírka",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наднова́ зі́рка"
},
{
"alt": "超新星",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"word": "siêu tân tinh"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "bright and powerful explosion of a massive star",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uwchnofa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "something which is brilliant or explosive",
"word": "supernova"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"American Astronomical Society",
"American Institute of Physics",
"American Physical Society",
"Cassiopeia A",
"Chandra X-ray Observatory",
"Knut Lundmark"
],
"word": "supernova"
}
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