"unca" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} unca (plural not attested)
  1. (dialect) Uncle (especially as a term of address). Tags: dialectal, no-plural
    Sense id: en-unca-en-noun-a6SiTMAg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals

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          "text": "That's from the poem of the legend of Kubla Kahn's palace in the lost valley of Xanadu! Alph was the river in the legend! Unca Scrooge, this is the road to Xanadu!",
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