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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"word": "hinauspolku"
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "chemin de halage"
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
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"word": "Uferpfad"
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"note": "in the context of towing specifically",
"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "Treidelweg"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
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"word": "Reckweg"
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "alzaia"
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"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "alaggio"
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{
"alt": "曳船路",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeseollo",
"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"word": "예선로"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "c'mîn d'hal'lie"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "ścieżka holownicza"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "caminho de sirga"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bečevník",
"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "бечевни́к"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "camino de sirga"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "path alongside a canal or river",
"tags": [
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"word": "llwybr halio"
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"word": "towpath"
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