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"sense": "ballroom dance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "تَانْغُو"
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"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "տանգո"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
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"word": "tango"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tàngēwǔ",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "探戈舞"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "tango"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "טנגו"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "tangó"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "タンゴ"
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"roman": "taenggo",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "탱고"
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
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"neuter"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "tango"
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"masculine"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "ballroom dance",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "ballroom dance",
"word": "tango"
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"ref": "2005, Charles W. Sasser, Detachment Delta: Operation Aces Wild, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, page 370",
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"ref": "2017, Beth Rhodes, Strike Zone, page 210",
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