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{
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},
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"source": "Thesaurus:unknown",
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"form": "more unknown",
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"comparative"
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{
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{
"word": "unknownly"
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{
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{
"word": "unknown quantity"
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"ref": "2022 January 12, Chris Hegg, “The secret railway in the woods”, in RAIL, number 948, page 34",
"text": "I suspect that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"Not known; unidentified; not well known."
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"source": "Thesaurus:unknown",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:unknown",
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"source": "Thesaurus:unknown",
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"unidentified"
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"source": "Thesaurus:unknown",
"word": "incomprehensible"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "i panjohur"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "مَجْهُول"
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},
{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "anhayt",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "անհայտ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconocíu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "məchul"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "naməlum"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "bilinməyən"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njevjadómy",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "невядо́мы"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "незнаёмы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "неизве́стен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "незна́ен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconegut"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèizhī",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "未知"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùmíng",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "不明"
},
{
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"roman": "gėvėty vaḷʹyn",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "гэвэты ваԓьын"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "neznámý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ubekendt"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ukendt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "onbekend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ongekend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not known",
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},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nekonata"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "tundmatu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "tuntematon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "inconnu"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "descoñecido"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ucnobi",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "უცნობი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "unbekannt"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "unkunþs",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágnostos",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "άγνωστος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "not known",
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},
{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "not known",
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"code": "hi",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "अनजान"
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{
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "anjānā",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "अनजाना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "ajānā",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "अजाना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "akhyāt",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "अख्यात"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ajñāt",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "अज्ञात"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nāmālūm",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "नामालूम"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "majhūl",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "मजहूल"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ismeretlen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "óþekktur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ókunnur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "tak diketahui"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ignoto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "sconosciuto"
},
{
"alt": "みちの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "michi no",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "未知の"
},
{
"alt": "むめいな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mumei na",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "無名な"
},
{
"alt": "ふめいな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fumei na",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "不明な"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "belgısız",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "белгісіз"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "beimälım",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "беймәлім"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "mälımsız",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "мәлімсіз"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "allyeojiji anta",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "알려지지 않다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nenasraw",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "نەناسراو"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "belgisiz",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "белгисиз"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "incognitus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ignoratus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ignotus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nescitus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "obscurus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nepazīstams"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "svešs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nežinomas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nepoznat",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "непознат"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ukjent"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ukjent"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconegut"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bellisiz",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "بللیسز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "majhul",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "مجهول"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "onbekaunt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nieznany"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nieznajomy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "niewiadomy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconhecido"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "necunoscut"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "neștiut"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "obscur"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "neizvéstnyj",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "неизве́стный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "незнако́мый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nevédomyj",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "неве́домый"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ajñāta",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "अज्ञात"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not known",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "не̏познат"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not known",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nȅpoznat"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "neznámy"
},
{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "not known",
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},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nepoznan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ignoto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconocido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "okänd"
},
{
"code": "tg",
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"roman": "nomaʾlum",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "номаълум"
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{
"code": "tg",
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"roman": "nošinos",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ношинос"
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{
"code": "tg",
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"roman": "majhul",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "маҷҳул"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "bilinmeyen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "bilinmez"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "meçhul"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nevidómyj",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "невідо́мий"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "незна́ний"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "neznajómyj",
"sense": "not known",
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "not known",
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "majhul"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "không biết"
},
{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "not known",
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"word": "mechul"
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"code": "zza",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "مَجْهُول"
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"roman": "anhayt",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "անհայտ"
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"code": "ast",
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"sense": "not known",
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "məchul"
},
{
"code": "az",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "naməlum"
},
{
"code": "az",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "bilinməyən"
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{
"code": "be",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "невядо́мы"
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{
"code": "be",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "незнаёмы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "неизве́стен"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "незна́ен"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconegut"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "未知"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
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"word": "гэвэты ваԓьын"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "not known",
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},
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "not known",
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},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ukendt"
},
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "onbekend"
},
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "eo",
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},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "tundmatu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "tuntematon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "inconnu"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "descoñecido"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ucnobi",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "უცნობი"
},
{
"code": "de",
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},
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"code": "got",
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "not known",
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"code": "grc",
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"code": "hi",
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"code": "hi",
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{
"code": "hi",
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{
"code": "hi",
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"word": "अख्यात"
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{
"code": "hi",
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"word": "अज्ञात"
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{
"code": "hi",
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{
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "majhūl",
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"word": "मजहूल"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ismeretlen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "óþekktur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ókunnur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "tak diketahui"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ignoto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "sconosciuto"
},
{
"alt": "みちの",
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"word": "未知の"
},
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"alt": "むめいな",
"code": "ja",
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{
"alt": "ふめいな",
"code": "ja",
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"word": "不明な"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "belgısız",
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"word": "белгісіз"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "beimälım",
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"word": "беймәлім"
},
{
"code": "kk",
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"roman": "mälımsız",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "мәлімсіз"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "allyeojiji anta",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "알려지지 않다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nenasraw",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "نەناسراو"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "belgisiz",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "белгисиз"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "incognitus"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "ignoratus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ignotus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
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"word": "nescitus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "obscurus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nepazīstams"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "svešs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nežinomas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nepoznat",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "непознат"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "ukjent"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ukjent"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconegut"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bellisiz",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "بللیسز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "majhul",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "مجهول"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "onbekaunt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nieznany"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nieznajomy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "niewiadomy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconhecido"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "necunoscut"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "neștiut"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "obscur"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "неизве́стный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "not known",
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "неве́домый"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ajñāta",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "अज्ञात"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not known",
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"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "не̏познат"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "not known",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nȅpoznat"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "neznámy"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "neznan"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nepoznan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ignoto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "desconocido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "okänd"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nomaʾlum",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "номаълум"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nošinos",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "ношинос"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "majhul",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "маҷҳул"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "bilinmeyen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "bilinmez"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "meçhul"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nevidómyj",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "невідо́мий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neznányj",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "незна́ний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neznajómyj",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "незнайо́мий"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nomaʼlum"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "majhul"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "không biết"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "anhysbys"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "nêzanıyen"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "not known",
"word": "mechul"
},
{
"code": "zza",
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"sense": "not known",
"word": "nêzanıyaye"
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"ref": "2003 [2002], Donald Rumsfeld, edited by Hart Seely, Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld",
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"ref": "1967 [1949], Syed Waliullah, chapter 3, in Tree Without Roots (Fiction), London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 27",
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "ágnostos",
"sense": "variable",
"word": "άγνωστος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "variable",
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{
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"sense": "variable",
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"word": "óþekkt stærð"
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{
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],
"word": "nezināmais"
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{
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "variable",
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"word": "nežinomasis"
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{
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"sense": "variable",
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"feminine"
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{
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"sense": "variable",
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"masculine"
],
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "variable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"sense": "variable",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "incógnita"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "variable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
],
"word": "incógnita"
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"sense": "variable",
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"roman": "nevidoma",
"sense": "variable",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "zza",
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{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "fact or place",
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"word": "غَامِض"
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{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "fact or place",
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"plural"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fact or place",
"word": "tuntematon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fact or place",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "inconnu"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "fact or place",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "descoñecido"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fact or place",
"word": "ismeretlen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "fact or place",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "desconhecido"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "fact or place",
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"masculine"
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"word": "desconocido"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "majhūl",
"sense": "person of no identity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَجْهُول"
},
{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "person of no identity",
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{
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person of no identity",
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{
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"sense": "person of no identity",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Unbekannter"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person of no identity",
"word": "idegen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person of no identity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carneade"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nanashi",
"sense": "person of no identity",
"word": "名無し"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person of no identity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desconhecido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person of no identity",
"word": "okänd"
}
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"tags": [
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},
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"rhymes": "-əʊn"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/En-us-unknown.ogg/En-us-unknown.ogg.mp3",
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{
"enpr": "ŭn-nōnʹ"
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