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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "observation tower",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "стра̀жара"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "observation tower",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "stràžārnica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "observation tower",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "stràžara"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "observation tower",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "atalaya"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "observation tower",
"word": "vigía"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "observation tower",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "garita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "observation tower",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vakttorn"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "observation tower",
"word": "atalaya"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "observation tower",
"word": "banayaban"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hɔ̌ɔ-kɔɔi",
"sense": "observation tower",
"word": "หอคอย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "observation tower",
"word": "gözetleme kulesi"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "observation tower",
"word": "diň"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "observation tower",
"word": "tháp canh"
}
],
"word": "watchtower"
}
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