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"ref": "2023 February 12, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, Edward Wong, “What’s Going On Up There? Theories but No Answers in Shootdowns of Mystery Craft.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"word": "அடையாளம் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியாத பறக்கும் பொருள்"
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"word": "గుర్తించబడని ఎగురుతున్న వస్తువు"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njeapaznány ljatájučy abʺjékt",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neidentificíran letjášt obékt",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неидентифици́ран летя́щ обе́кт"
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"code": "yue",
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"roman": "bat¹ ming⁴ fei¹ hang⁴ mat⁶ tai²",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"word": "ამოუცნობი მფრინავი ობიექტი"
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"neuter"
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "fljúgandi furðuhlutur"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oggetto volante non identificato"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"word": "ＵＦＯ"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "未確認飛行物体"
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"roman": "aparicita hārāḍuva vastu",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "ಅಪರಿಚಿತ ಹಾರಾಡುವ ವಸ್ತು"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "beimälım ūşqyş nysan",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "беймәлім ұшқыш нысан"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "vɔɔtthohɑhhaəmɨnskŏəlʼɑɑttɑɑhññiən",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "វត្ថុហោះហើរមិនស្គាល់អត្តសញ្ញាណ"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "mihwaginbihaengmulche",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "미확인비행물체"
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"roman": "neidentifikuvan letečki objekt",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "ül tanigdax nisdeg bijet",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"neuter"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neopóznannyj letájuščij obʺjékt",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неопо́знанный лета́ющий объе́кт"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
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"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "haⁿdunā nogat piyāᵐbana wastūn",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "හඳුනා නොගත් පියාඹන වස්තූන්"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "objeto volador no identificado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "oidentifierat flygande föremål"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "oidentifierat flygande objekt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "UFO"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"neuter"
],
"word": "ufo"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "aṭaiyāḷam kaṇṭupiṭikka muṭiyāta paṟakkum poruḷ",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "அடையாளம் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியாத பறக்கும் பொருள்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gurtiñcabaḍani egurutunna vastuvu",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "గుర్తించబడని ఎగురుతున్న వస్తువు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "uçan daire"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nepíznanyj litájučyj obʺjékt",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "непі́знаний літа́ючий об'є́кт"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "vật thể bay không xác định"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "anything in the air not readily explainable",
"word": "vật thể bay chưa xác định"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "naməlum uçan obyekt"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "NUO"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neidentificíran letjášt obékt",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неидентифици́ран летя́щ обе́кт"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēidié",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "飛碟 /飞碟"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "ufo"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ATIA",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "ΑΤΙΑ"
},
{
"alt": "ユーフォー",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Yūfō",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "ＵＦＯ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uchūsen",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "宇宙船"
},
{
"alt": "そらとぶえんばん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sora tobu enban",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "空飛ぶ円盤"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "letájuščaja tarélka",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лета́ющая таре́лка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "NLO",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "НЛО"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "uçan daire"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "colloquial: an alien spacecraft",
"word": "UFO"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Edward J. Ruppelt"
],
"word": "unidentified flying object"
}
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