See tumulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "курга́н"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mound of earth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tumulus"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mound of earth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "túmulo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mound of earth",
"word": "tümülüs"
}
],
"word": "tumulus"
}
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