See whence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Whence came I?",
"type": "example"
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"text": "\"Pork\" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.",
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"text": "Go to whence you came!",
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 8:14, column 1:",
"text": "Ieſus anſwered, and ſaid vnto them, Though I beare record of my ſelfe, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I goe: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I goe.",
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"ref": "1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of Glubbdubdrib. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 108:",
"text": "I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers.",
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"ref": "1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 81–82:",
"text": "Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed?",
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"ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Sea Chest”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 29:",
"text": "[W]hat greatly encouraged me, it was in an opposite direction from that whence the blind man had made his appearance, and whither he had presumably returned.",
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"ref": "1883, A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy:",
"text": "O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots\nHead of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom\nWhence by what way how purposed art thou come\nTo this well-nightingaled vicinity?",
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"ref": "1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VI, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 71:",
"text": "[…]But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, \"Thou deservest all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore.\"",
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"ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “A Discovery”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, page 47:",
"text": "At first I could not tell what this new sound was, nor whence it came, and now it seemed a little noise close by, and now a great noise in the distance. And then it grew nearer and more defined, and in a moment I knew it was the sound of voices talking.",
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"ref": "1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:",
"text": "They swore all the gold should go back\nDeep into the earth whence it came.",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvaðan"
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{
"code": "io",
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"word": "deube"
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{
"code": "izh",
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"word": "kust"
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{
"code": "izh",
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"word": "mist"
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"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "da dove"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "どこから"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "eodiseo",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "어디서"
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{
"code": "la",
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"word": "unde"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "nō hea"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "skąd"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "qu",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "cjs",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "қайдаң"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "od kod"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "od koder"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de donde"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "desde donde"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "vadan"
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{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ga nas",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ག་ནས"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nereden"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zvídky",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "зві́дки"
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"text": "Whence came I?",
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"text": "\"Pork\" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.",
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"text": "Go to whence you came!",
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 8:14, column 1:",
"text": "Ieſus anſwered, and ſaid vnto them, Though I beare record of my ſelfe, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I goe: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I goe.",
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"ref": "1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of Glubbdubdrib. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 108:",
"text": "I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers.",
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"ref": "1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 81–82:",
"text": "Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed?",
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"ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Sea Chest”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 29:",
"text": "[W]hat greatly encouraged me, it was in an opposite direction from that whence the blind man had made his appearance, and whither he had presumably returned.",
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"ref": "1883, A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy:",
"text": "O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots\nHead of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom\nWhence by what way how purposed art thou come\nTo this well-nightingaled vicinity?",
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"ref": "1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VI, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 71:",
"text": "[…]But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, \"Thou deservest all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore.\"",
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"ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “A Discovery”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, page 47:",
"text": "At first I could not tell what this new sound was, nor whence it came, and now it seemed a little noise close by, and now a great noise in the distance. And then it grew nearer and more defined, and in a moment I knew it was the sound of voices talking.",
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"ref": "1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:",
"text": "They swore all the gold should go back\nDeep into the earth whence it came.",
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"word": "مِن أَيْن"
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"word": "مِن حَيْثُ"
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "el kie"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvaðani"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "mistä"
},
{
"code": "for",
"lang": "Fore",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "forrt"
},
{
"code": "for",
"lang": "Fore",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "gerrt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "d’où"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saidan",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "საიდან"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saidanac",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "საიდანაც"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "woher"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ƕaþrō",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "𐍈𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "afoú",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "αφού"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "póthen",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
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"interrogative"
],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hóthen",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
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},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hopóthen",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "kyā̃thī",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ક્યાંથી"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meáin",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "מֵאַיִן"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "minnáin",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "מִנַּיִן"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jahā̃",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "जहाँ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
"interrogative"
],
"word": "honnan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "honnét"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "miből"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
"relative"
],
"word": "ahonnan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ahonnét"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "amiből"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "amelyből"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvaðan"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "deube"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "kust"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "mist"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "onde"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "donde"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "da dove"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "doko kara",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "どこから"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eodiseo",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "어디서"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "unde"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "od kade",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "од каде"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nō hea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nō whea"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvorfra"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "kvar ifrå"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"code": "rsk",
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"roman": "odkadz",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "rsk",
"lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
"roman": "odkalʹ",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "одкаль"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "skąd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "donde"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de onde"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "maymanta"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de unde"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"word": "отку́да"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "cò às"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "cjs",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "қайдаң"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "od kod"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "od koder"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de donde"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "desde donde"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "vadan"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ga nas",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ག་ནས"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zvídky",
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"roman": "min ḥayṯ",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "مِن حَيْث"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkǎdeto",
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "hvaðani"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "josta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "de aí"
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"word": "de onde"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "do cal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "von daher"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "innen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "onde"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "donde"
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"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "conjunction",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de onde"
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